ABSTRACT
Miracles in Greco-Roman Antiquity presents a collection in translation of miracle stories from the ancient world. The material is divided up into four main categories including healing, exorcism, nature and raising the dead.
Wendy Cotter, in an introduction and notes to the selections, contextualizes the miracles within the background of the Greco-Roman world and also compares the stories to other Jewish and non-Jewish miracle stories of the Mediterranean world. This sourcebook provides an interdisciplinary collection of material which will be of value to students of the New Testament.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |8 pages
INTRODUCTION
part |2 pages
Part I GODS AND HEROES WHO HEAL
chapter |24 pages
GODS WHO HEAL
chapter |19 pages
HEROES WHO HEAL
chapter |19 pages
THE HEALING MIRACLES OF JESUS
part |2 pages
Part II EXORCISTS AND EXORCISMS
chapter |31 pages
DAIMONS/DEMONS IN GRECO-ROMAN ANTIQUITY
chapter |23 pages
DAIMONS/DEMONS IN APOCALYPTIC AND CHRISTIAN SOURCES
part |2 pages
Part III GODS AND HEROES WHO CONTROL NATURE
chapter |33 pages
GODS AND HEROES WHO CONTROL WIND AND SEA
chapter |9 pages
CHANGING WATER INTO WINE AND OTHER NATURE MIRACLES
part |2 pages
Part IV MAGIC AND MIRACLES