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Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study is unavailable, but you can change that!

Few today doubt that Jesus was viewed by many of his contemporaries as a miracle worker. And many scholars today would agree that Jesus was a healer and an exorcist. But what does this mean? Was Jesus simply a master at relieving psychological distress, a healer of psychosomatic illness, a purveyor of paranormal therapy? What distinguished Jesus from other miracle workers of the ancient world?...

Studying the miracles of Jesus is important for at least three initial reasons: (1) the contemporary popular interest in Jesus; (2) the high proportion of space given to the subject of miracles in the Gospels in contrast to general scholarly neglect; and (3) that in ancient biographical writing a person’s activities were important for understanding an individual’s character. 1. Jesus and his miracles are in the news. Indeed, from earliest times there has
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