Frederick J. Gaiser (DTheol, University of Heidelberg) is professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has taught for over thirty years. He is also the editor of Word & World, one of the top theological journals in North America.

• 1. Introduction and Method2. "O LORD, Heal Me": The Primal Witness of Psalm 63. "I Am the LORD, Your Healer": The God of Healing (Exodus 15:22-27)4. "Moses Made a Serpent of Bronze": Healing and Culture (Numbers 21:4-9)5. "Hezekiah Wept Bitterly": Healing and Prayer (2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-22)6. "Please Accept a Present": The Cost of Healing (2 Kings 5:1-27)7. "No Health in My Bones": Reflecting on Illness (Psalm 38)8. "What God Is So Great as Our God?" The Healing Community (Psalm 77)9. "Hannah Conceived and Bore a Son": The Place of Healing in Biblical Theology (1 Samuel 1:1-2:10)10. "The Sensible Will Not Despise Them": Healing, Medicine, Human Wisdom, and God (Sirach 38:1-15)11. "I Command You, Come Out of Him": Jesus and the Demons (Mark 9:14-29)12. "He Spat on the Ground and Made Mud": Jesus the Shaman? (John 9:1-41)13. "If I but Touch His Clothes": Healing and Touch (Mark 5:21-43)14. "Your Faith Has Made You Well": Healing, Salvation, and Cure (Luke 17:11-19)15. "Your Sins Are Forgiven . . . Stand Up and Walk": On Sickness and Sin (Mark 2:1-12)16. "What I Have I Give You": Healing in the Name of Jesus (Acts 3:1-26)17. "By His Bruises We Are Healed": Healing under the Sign of the Cross (Isaiah 53:4-5)18. Healing in the Bible: A SummaryIndexes

Frederick J. Gaiser (DTheol, University of Heidelberg) is professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has taught for over thirty years. He is also the editor of Word & World, one of the top theological journals in North America.

• 1. Introduction and Method2. "O LORD, Heal Me": The Primal Witness of Psalm 63. "I Am the LORD, Your Healer": The God of Healing (Exodus 15:22-27)4. "Moses Made a Serpent of Bronze": Healing and Culture (Numbers 21:4-9)5. "Hezekiah Wept Bitterly": Healing and Prayer (2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-22)6. "Please Accept a Present": The Cost of Healing (2 Kings 5:1-27)7. "No Health in My Bones": Reflecting on Illness (Psalm 38)8. "What God Is So Great as Our God?" The Healing Community (Psalm 77)9. "Hannah Conceived and Bore a Son": The Place of Healing in Biblical Theology (1 Samuel 1:1-2:10)10. "The Sensible Will Not Despise Them": Healing, Medicine, Human Wisdom, and God (Sirach 38:1-15)11. "I Command You, Come Out of Him": Jesus and the Demons (Mark 9:14-29)12. "He Spat on the Ground and Made Mud": Jesus the Shaman? (John 9:1-41)13. "If I but Touch His Clothes": Healing and Touch (Mark 5:21-43)14. "Your Faith Has Made You Well": Healing, Salvation, and Cure (Luke 17:11-19)15. "Your Sins Are Forgiven . . . Stand Up and Walk": On Sickness and Sin (Mark 2:1-12)16. "What I Have I Give You": Healing in the Name of Jesus (Acts 3:1-26)17. "By His Bruises We Are Healed": Healing under the Sign of the Cross (Isaiah 53:4-5)18. Healing in the Bible: A SummaryIndexes

Frederick J. Gaiser (DTheol, University of Heidelberg) is professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has taught for over thirty years. He is also the editor of Word & World, one of the top theological journals in North America.

• 1. Introduction and Method2. "O LORD, Heal Me": The Primal Witness of Psalm 63. "I Am the LORD, Your Healer": The God of Healing (Exodus 15:22-27)4. "Moses Made a Serpent of Bronze": Healing and Culture (Numbers 21:4-9)5. "Hezekiah Wept Bitterly": Healing and Prayer (2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-22)6. "Please Accept a Present": The Cost of Healing (2 Kings 5:1-27)7. "No Health in My Bones": Reflecting on Illness (Psalm 38)8. "What God Is So Great as Our God?" The Healing Community (Psalm 77)9. "Hannah Conceived and Bore a Son": The Place of Healing in Biblical Theology (1 Samuel 1:1-2:10)10. "The Sensible Will Not Despise Them": Healing, Medicine, Human Wisdom, and God (Sirach 38:1-15)11. "I Command You, Come Out of Him": Jesus and the Demons (Mark 9:14-29)12. "He Spat on the Ground and Made Mud": Jesus the Shaman? (John 9:1-41)13. "If I but Touch His Clothes": Healing and Touch (Mark 5:21-43)14. "Your Faith Has Made You Well": Healing, Salvation, and Cure (Luke 17:11-19)15. "Your Sins Are Forgiven . . . Stand Up and Walk": On Sickness and Sin (Mark 2:1-12)16. "What I Have I Give You": Healing in the Name of Jesus (Acts 3:1-26)17. "By His Bruises We Are Healed": Healing under the Sign of the Cross (Isaiah 53:4-5)18. Healing in the Bible: A SummaryIndexes