Miracles
This study presents the most thorough current defense of the credibility of the miracle reports in the Gospels and Acts. Drawing on claims from a range of global cultures and taking a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, Keener suggests that many miracle accounts throughout history and from cont...
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| Glavni autor: | Keener, Craig S., 1960- (-) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. :
Baker Academic,
c2011.
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Sadržaj:
- v. 1. pt. 1. The ancient evidence. Opening questions about early Christian miracle claims ; Ancient miracle claims outside Christianity ; Comparison of Early Christian and other ancient miracle accounts
- pt. 2. Are miracles possible?. Antisupernaturalism as an authenticity criterion? ; Hume and the philosophic questions ; Developing Hume's skepticism toward miracles
- pt. 3. Miracle accounts beyond antiquity. Majority world perspectives ; Examples from Asia ; Examples from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean ; Supernaturalism in earlier Christian history ; Supernatural claims in the recent west ; Blindness, inability to walk, death, and nature: some dramatic reports
- v. 2. pt. 4. Proposed explanations. Nonsupernatural causes ; Biased standards? ; More extranormal cases.