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.
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Frontmatter pp. i-xvi Introduction by Graham H. Twelftree pp. 1-16 Part I - Fundamental issues 1 - What is a miracle? by David Basinger pp. 17-35 2 - The meanings of miracle by Robert A. Larmer pp. 36-54 Part II - Miracles in antiquity and the Middle Ages 3 - Miracles in the Hebrew Bible by R. Walter and L. Moberly pp. 55-74 4 - Miracles in the Greek and Roman world by Robert Garland pp. 75-94 5 - Miracles in Second Temple and early rabbinic Judaism by Lidija Novakovic pp. 95-112 6 - The miracles of Jesus by Barry L. Blackburn pp. 113-130 7 - Miracles in early Christianity by James Carleton Paget pp. 131-148 8 - Miracles In The Middle Ages by Benedicta Ward pp. 149-164 Part III - Miracles and major religions 9 - Miracles in traditional religions by Fiona Bowie pp. 165-183 10 - Miracles in Hinduism by Gavin Flood pp. 184-198 11 - Miracles in Islam by David Thomas pp. 199-215 12 - Tales Of Miraculous Teachings: Miracles In Early Indian Buddhism by Rupert Gethin pp. 216-234 13 - Miracles in Christianity by Ralph Del Colle pp. 235-253 14 - Miracles in Jewish philosophy by Kenneth Seeskin pp. 254-270 Part IV - Miracle today 15 - Issues in the history of the debates on miracles by Colin Brown pp. 271-290 16 - Philosophers on miracles by Michael P. Levine pp. 291-308 17 - Patient belief in miraculous healing by Niels Christian Hvidt pp. 309-329 Index pp. 330-338
