Miracles: the credibility of the New Testament accounts

This study presents the most thorough current defense of the credibility of the miracle reports in the Gospels and Acts. Drawing on claims from a range of global cultures and taking a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, Keener suggests that many miracle accounts throughout history and from cont...

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Main Author: Keener, Craig S. 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Grand Rapids Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Reviews:[Rezension von: Keener, Craig S., 1960-, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts] (2012) (Eve, Eric)
[Rezension von: Keener, Craig S., 1960-, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts] (2012) (Campbell, D. Keith)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B New Testament / Miracle story
RelBib Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Miracles
B Bible. -- Acts -- Evidences, authority, etc
B Spiritual healing -- Christianity
B Bible. -- Gospels -- Evidences, authority, etc
B Electronic books
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505 8 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Origin of This Book; The Subjects of This Book; Limitations; The Problem; Closing Comments; Part 1: The Ancient evidence; 1. Opening Questions about Early Christian Miracle Claims; Evidence for Jesus's Miracles; Miracle Claims for Jesus's Early Movement; Methodological Questions; 2. Ancient Miracle Claims outside Christianity; Gentile Greco-Roman Miracle Accounts; - Healing Sanctuaries; - Pagan Miracle Workers; Early Jewish Miracle Workers 
505 8 0 |a An Authenticating Function of Miracles Conclusion; 3. Comparison of Early Christian and Other Ancient Miracle Accounts; Differences between Early Christian and Most Pagan Miracles; Comparison of Early Christian and Jewish Miracle Accounts; - Rabbinic Miracles; - Eve's Detailed Comparisons; Parallels and the Authenticity Question; - Healing Sages?; - The Supernatural Element Not a Sufficient Parallel; - Celestial Prodigies; Conclusion; Part 2: Are miracles Possible?; 4. Antisupernaturalism as an Authenticity Criterion?; Ancient Skepticism toward Miracles 
505 8 0 |a - Polybius's Critique of Sensationalist Historians- Signs in Critical Historians; - Ancient Plausibility Structures; Modern Western Skepticism toward Supernatural Phenomena; - Our Cultural Limitations; - Have We Privileged a Particular Western Worldview?; Conclusion; 5. Hume and the Philosophic Questions; What This Chapter Will Address; The Nature of the Questions; Hume's Argument from Nature; - Hume and the Philosophy of Science; - Does Science Pronounce on Theology?; - Hume, Violations of Natural Law, and Theism; - Nature versus Hume; - Hume's Antitheistic Starting Assumptions 
505 8 0 |a Hume's Epistemology regarding Miracles- Hume on Testimony; - Consequences of Such Epistemic Demands for Other Disciplines; - Hume versus Normal Logic regarding Witnesses; - Rejecting Unusual and Rare Events?; - The Theistic Factor; - The Circularity of Hume's Approach; - Other Noninductive Elements in Hume's Approach; Hume's Critics; Conclusion; 6. Developing Hume's Skepticism toward Miracles; Consequences and Problems of the Humean Consensus; - Effects in Philosophy; - Effects in Religion and Theology; - A Sound Approach?; - God Acting in the Natural World?; - God Acting in History? 
505 8 0 |a - History and Theory- The Religious Factor; - Incompatible Religions Claim Miracles?; - Disbelief in Miracles as a Dogmatic Assumption?; The Shift in the Western Worldview; - A Shift among Scholars; - Do Modern People Believe in Miracles?; Conclusion; Part 3: miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity; 7. Majority World Perspectives; Multicultural Miracle Claims and Ethnocentric Prejudices; - A Multicultural Approach; - Cross-Cultural Readings; - Ethnocentric Objections to Miracles; - Hume's Explicit Ethnocentrism; Majority World Voices; - Learning from Other Cultures 
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