The Christ of the miracle stories
Subtitle: portrait through encounter
By: Wendy Cotter
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Peabody, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780801039508
Description: "Calling on her almost encyclopedic knowledge of conditions in the first-century Mediterranean world, Professor Cotter discusses the miracle stories reported in the Gospel of Mark in terms of the likely reaction of contemporary people upon seeing them or hearing of them. This enables her to portray the Jesus of these stories in terms of his divine authority and power and also as an example of how his followers are to treat those to whom they proclaim the gospel. The book is an excellent source for both historical information and theological reflection; Paul J. Achtemeier" -- BACK COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Jesus and the leper (Mark 1:40-45); title: Jesus and Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52); title: Jesus and the friends of the paralytic (Mark 2:1-12); title: Jesus and the centurion (Q (Luke) 7:1, 3, 6b-9); title: Jesus and the Syrophoenician mother (Mark 7:26-30); title: Jesus and the father of a demonized boy (Mark 9:14-29); title: Jesus and his storm-tossed disciples (Mark 4:35-41); title: The sea-walking Jesus and his disciples (Mark 6:45-52).