The Cambridge Companion to Miracles

Description

The miracle stories of the founders and saints of the major world religions have much in common. Written by international experts, this Companion provides an authoritative and comparative study of miracles in not only Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity and Judaism, but also, indigenous religions. The authors promote a discussion of the problems of miracles in our largely secular culture, and of the value of miracles in religious belief. The miracles of Jesus are also contextualized through chapters on the Hebrew Bible, classical culture to the Romans, Second Temple and early rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. This book provides students with a scholarly introduction to miracles, which also covers philosophical, medical and historical issues.

Graham H. Twelftree is Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Regent University, Virginia. His previous publications include Jesus the Exorcist: A Contribution to the Study of the Historical Jesus (1993), Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study (1999), In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism Among Early Christians (2007) and People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke's View of the Church (2009). He is also on the editorial board of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.