Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles

Type

Book

Authors

John J. Pilch

ISBN 10

814627978

ISBN 13

9780814627976

Tags

acts of the apostles, apostles, cultural anthropology, early believers, Healing, medical anthropology, neuro-science, scripture, scripture study, Social Sciences, visions

Description

This book examines religious ecstatic trance experiences and healing events reported in the Acts of the Apostles. It applies insights from the social sciences, namely: cultural anthropology, cognitive neuro-science, and medical anthropology to the interpretation of these events. It also presents Luke's continuous story-line in Acts from a literary and theological perspective. Whether or not one considers these events to be literally factual, fact-with-interpretation, or Lucan composition, the message makes plausible cultural sense to a first-century Mediterranean listener or reader.

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