Healing in the New Testament: Insights from Medical and

Healing in the New Testament: Insights from Medical and Mediterranean Anthropology

How are we to read and understand stories of Jesus healing the lame, deaf, blind, and those with a variety of other maladies? Pilch takes us beyond the historical and literary questions to examine the social questions of how the earliest followers of Jesus and ancient Judeans understood healing, what roles healers played, and the different emphases on healing among the gospels. In his comparative analysis, the author draws on the anthropology of the Mediterranean as well as the models employed by medical anthropologists to understand peasant societies and their health-care systems. Utilizes social-science models Features a complementary web- site with additional resources
Country USA
Brand Fortress Press
Manufacturer Fortress Press
Binding Paperback
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EANs 9780800631789
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Healing in the New Testament: Insights from Medical and Mediterranean Anthropology