John J. Pilch

Broschiertes Buch

Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles

How the Early Believers Experienced God

Beschreibung

This book examines religious ecstatic trance experiences and healing events reported in the Acts of the Apostles. It applies insights from the social sciences, namely: cultural anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, and medical anthropology to the interpretation of these events. It also present Luke's continuous storyline in Acts from a literary and theological perspective. Whether or not one considered these events to be literally factual, fact-with-interpretation, or Lucan composition, the message makes plausible cultural sense to a first-century Mediterranean listener or reader.

Autor

John J. Pilch has been a visiting professor in the Odyssey Program at Johns Hopkins University since 2011. Previously he was professorial lecturer of biblical studies at Georgetown University. He is the author of many articles and books on the culture of the Bible, including The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible (1999), A Cultural Handbook to the Bible (2012), and The Cultural Life Setting of the Proverbs (2016). Bruce J. Malina is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Creighton University. He is the author, coauthor, and editor of numerous influential books on the New Testament. These include The Social Gospel of Jesus (2001), The New Testament World (3rd ed., 2001), and Social-Science Models for Interpreting the Bible (edited with John J. Pilch, 2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Liturgical Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9780814627976
• ISBN-10: 0814627978
• Artikelnr.: 21686321