Healer: Reception of Jesus as healer during Early Christianity and Today (ePub Digital Downloads)

Open access book available at https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK222

Volume Editor: Zorodzai Dube
Publication date: 2020
File type: ePub
File size: 545 KB

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This book explores the established field of healing narratives in the New Testament by focusing on the remembered tradition regarding Jesus’ healings and comparing them with those of other healers, such as Asclepius. A sub-theme to the book is to investigate the reception of Jesus as healer in various African communities. The book exposes the various healing methods employed by Jesus such as exorcism, touch and the use of spittle. . ...... Read more