This book sketches and illustrates in detail the range of
understandings of the human condition and remedies for ills that
prevailed when Jesus and the apostles - as well as their successors
- were spreading the Christian message and launching Christian
communities in the Graeco-Roman world. Healing played so prominent
a part in Jesus' ministry as depicted in the New Testament that it
is important to understand that aspect of his appeal in the context
of the ways in which it was understood by Greeks, Romans and Jews
of the time. Some saw sickness as the result of magic performed
against the victims by enemies, others as the work of demons. Some
saw health as the result of ordering life according to nature,
emphasising the beneficial effects of natural substances. Jewish
attitudes, for example, ranged widely over the centuries from
hostility towards physicians to regard for them as men endowed by
God with special knowledge for human benefit.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series |
Release date: |
November 1988 |
First published: |
1988 |
Authors: |
Howard Clark Kee
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
188 |
Edition: |
New ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-36818-6 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-521-36818-9 |
Barcode: |
9780521368186 |
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