Empowering the People

In this innovative study, Horsley builds on his earlier works concerning the problematic and misleading categories of "magic" and "miracle" to examine in-depth the meaning and importance of the narratives of healing and exorcism in the Gospels. Incorporating his work on oral performance and turning to important works in medical anthropology, a new image emerges of how these narratives help us re-evaluate Jesus's place in first-century Galilee and Judea. In his exorcisms and healings, Jesus-in-interaction was empowering the villagers in their struggles for renewal of personal and communal dignity in resistance to invasive Roman rule.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 03/25/2022
ISBN: 9781666730715
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d