What role did offers of physical healing (or the hope of receiving
it) play in the missionary program of the apostle Paul? What did he
do to treat the many illnesses and injuries that he endured while
pursuing his mission? What did he advise his followers to do
regarding their health problems? Such questions have been broadly
neglected in studies of Paul and his churches, but Christopher D.
Stanley shows how vital they truly become once we recognize how
thoroughly “pagan” religion was implicated in all aspects of
Greco-Roman health care. What did Paul approve, and what did he
reject? Given Paul’s silence on these subjects, Stanley relies on
a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to develop informed
judgments about what Paul might have thought, said, and done with
regard to his own and his followers’ health care. He begins by
exploring the nature and extent of sickness in the Roman world and
the four overlapping health care systems that were available to
Paul and his followers: home remedies, “magical” treatments,
religious healing, and medical care. He then examines how Judeans
and Christians in the centuries before and after Paul viewed and
engaged with these systems. Finally, he speculates on what kinds of
treatments Paul might have approved or rejected and whether he
might have used promises of healing to attract people to his
movement. The result is a thorough and nuanced analysis of a vital
dimension of Greco-Roman social life and Paul’s place within it.
General
| Imprint: |
T. & T. Clark
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Library of New Testament Studies |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Authors: |
Christopher D. Stanley
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-567-70815-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-567-70815-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780567708151 |
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