Miracles – The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Christianity Today 2013 Book Award WinnerWinner of The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship's 2012 Award of Excellence2011 Book of the Year, Christianbook.com's Academic BlogMost modern prejudice against biblical miracle reports depends on David Hume's argument that uniform human experience precluded 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. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-11-01
Mått:167 x 232 x 77 mm
Vikt:1 868 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:1 248
Förlag:Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:9780801039522
Utmärkelser:Commended for Christianity Today Book Award (Apologetics/Evangelism) 2013

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Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the author of many books, including the bestseller The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, The Historical Jesus of the Gospels, Gift and Giver, a four-volume commentary on Acts, and commentaries on Matthew, John, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, and Revelation.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPart 1: The Ancient Evidence1. Opening Questions about Early Christian Miracle Claims2. Ancient Miracle Claims outside Christianity3. Comparison of Early Christian and Other Ancient Miracle AccountsPart 2: Are Miracles Possible?4. Antisupernaturalism as an Authenticity Criterion?5. Hume and the Philosophic Questions6. Developing Hume's Skepticism toward MiraclesPart 3: Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity7. Majority World Perspectives8. Examples from Asia9. Examples from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean10. Supernaturalism in Earlier Christian History11. Supernatural Claims in the Recent West12. Blindness, Inability to Walk, Death, and Nature: Some Dramatic ReportsPart 4: Proposed Explanations13. Nonsupernatural Causes14. Biased Standards?15. More Extranormal CasesConclusionConcluding Unscientific PostscriptAppendixesIndexes