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Miracles

The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts

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An edition of Miracles (2011)

Miracles

The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts

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Most modern prejudice against biblical miracle reports depends on David Hume's argument that uniform human experience precludes miracles. Yet current research shows that human experience is far from uniform. In fact, hundreds of millions of people today claim to have experienced miracles. Respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener argues that it is time to rethink Hume's argument in light of the contemporary evidence available to us. This wide-ranging and meticulously researched two-volume 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 contemporary times are best explained as genuine divine acts, lending credence to the biblical miracle reports. - Publisher.

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Table of Contents

Volume 1.
Part 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
Part 2 : Are miracles possible?
Antisupernaturalism as an authenticity criterion?
Hume and the philosophic questions
Developing Hume's skepticism toward miracles
Part 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
Volume 2.
Part 4 : Proposed explanations.
Nonsupernatural causes
Biased standards?
More extranormal cases
Conclusion
Appendixes.
Demons and exorcism in antiquity
Spirit possession and exorcism in societies today
Comparisons with later Christian hagiography
Ancient approaches to natural law
Visions and dreams

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Library of Congress
BS2548 .K44 2011, BS2548.K44 2011

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
2 v. (xxxviii, xxx, 1172 p.)
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL25090468M
Internet Archive
miraclescredibil0002keen
ISBN 10
0801039525
ISBN 13
9780801039522
LCCN
2011020926
OCLC/WorldCat
699760418

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