Healing in the New Testament - Insights from Medical and Mediterranean Anthropology (Paperback)

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 modelsFeatures a complementary web- site with additional resources

General

Imprint:	Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	John J. Pilch
Dimensions:	230 x 154 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-8006-3178-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Sikhism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Sikhism
LSN:	0-8006-3178-1
Barcode:	9780800631789

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