Thaumaturgic prowess
Subtitle: autonomous and dependent miracle-working in Mark's Gospel and the Second Temple period
By: Andrew J. Kelley
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 491; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 491.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9783161559471; 9783161559488
Subjects: Miracles; Bible; Divinity; Biblical teaching; Divinity of Christ; Miracles of Jesus Christ; Theology
Description: Back cover: Andrew J. Kelley offers an interesting survey of miracle narratives in the Second Temple period and a thorough comparison, specifically of the means by which miracle-workers perform miracles, between other miracle-workers and the Markan Jesus. In this work, he has implications for Mark's view of Jesus as well as the significance of miracle working in general.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199) and indexes.

Includes quotations in Greek, Hebrew, and French.
Table of contents: title: Preface -- Introduction; title: Method --; title: Date Ranges --; title: How Sources Relate to Each Other --; title: Use of the Septuagint --; title: What is a Miracle? --; title: The Narrative Level --; title: An Argument from Silence --; title: Chapter Overviews --; title: Miracle in Mark and Jesus's Identity : A Literature Review -- -- Introduction; title: History-of-Religions and the Theios Anēr Debate --; title: Miracle, Medicine, and Magic --; title: Miracles and the Historical Jesus --; title: Recent Comparative and Literary Studies --; title: Markan Studies and the Identity of Jesus --; title: Markan Miracles and Corrective Christology --; title: Reactions to Markan Miracles and Corrective Christology --; title: Markan Miracles and the Identity of Jesus --; title: Miracle-Workers and Deferment in Ancient Narratives -- -- Introduction; title: Criteria for Determining Deferment --; title: Septuagint Narratives --; title: Exodus --; title: Numbers --; title: Joshua --; title: 1 Kings --; title: 2 Kings --; title: Tobit --; title: Ben Sira, Sirach --; title: Septuagint Narratives Retold --; title: Exagōgē --; title: Artapanus --; title: On the Life of Moses --; title: In Josephus : Jewish Antiquities and Jewish War --; title: Genesis Apocryphon --; title: Excursus : Greco-Roman Miracles --; title: Examples within the Time Period --; title: Common Comparisons from Outside the Time Period -- -- Conclusion; title: Miracle-Workers and Deferment in Non-Narratives and Secondary Texts -- -- Introduction; title: Secondary Jewish Texts --; title: 4Q510 and 4Q511 --; title: 4Q560 --; title: 11Q11 col. VI. 4-col. VI, 1.3 --; title: The Messianic Apocalypse (4Q521) --; title: The Testament of Solomon --; title: Greco-Roman Texts --; title: Pliny : Natural History --; title: Seneca : Hercules Oetaeus --; title: Plato : Republic --; title: Magical Materials --; title: Limitation and Concessions --; title: Parameters --; title: Clear Deferment in Magical Materials --; title: P. Lond. 121 (PGM 7.429-58; 490-504; 505-28) --; title: No. 3378 (PGM 16.1-75) --; title: BGU III 955 (PGM 18a. 1-4) --; title: P. Berol. inv. 9566 verso (PGM 21.1-29) --; title: P. Köln inv. 1982 --; title: P. Mich. inv. 6666 --; title: T. Köln inv. 8 --; title: CTBS 36 --; title: CTBS 126 --; title: P. Lond. 121 (PGM 7.215-218) --; title: T. Köln inv. 7 --; title: Deferment through Ego Sayings --; title: P. Tebt. II 275 (PGM 33.1-25) --; title: Inscr. Mus. Louvre 204 --; title: CTBS 120 --; title: Implied or Unclear Deferment --; title: BGU III 956 (PGM 18b. 1-7) --; title: PUG I 6 --; title: P. Haun. III 50 --; title: Historiola --; title: Exceptions -- -- Conclusion; title: Jesus as an Autonomous Miracle-Worker in Mark -- -- Introduction; title: On the Varieties of Miracle Types --; title: Miracle Networks in Literature Contemporary to Mark --; title: Miracle Networks in Mark --; title: On the "macronarrative" of Mark --; title: Jesus's Autonomous Miracle-Working in Mark --; title: Mark's Employment of Jesus's Autonomous Miracle-Working --; title: Growing Controversy and Pressing Questions --; title: The Man with the Unclean Spirit : 1.21-28 --; title: The Man with Leprosy: 1.40-45 --; title: The Paralytic : 2.1-12 --; title: The Storm at Sea : 4.35-11 --; title: Miracles of Undisputed Power --; title: Legion : 5.1-20 --; title: The Dead Girl : 5.21-43 --; title: Jesus Walks on Water : 6.45-53 --; title: Passages of Possible Dispute --; title: Jesus and Beelzebul : 3.22-30 --; title: Jesus Rejected at Nazareth : 6.1-6 --; title: The "Prayer" for the Feeding Miracle : 6.30-44; 8.1-10 --; title: Looking up to Heaven and Sighing : 7.31-37 --; title: The Blind Man at Bethsaida : 8.22-26 --; title: The Cursing of the Fig Tree : 11.12-14, 20-25 -- -- Conclusions; title: Deferring Miracle-Workers in Mark -- -- Introduction; title: Disciples and Miracles in Previous Research --; title: The Disciples as Miracle-Workers --; title: The Commission and the Mission (3.15; 6.7-13) --; title: The Boy with the Mute Spirit (9.14-29) --; title: The Cursing of the Fig Tree (11.12-14, 20-26) --; title: The Woman with the Flow of Blood (5.25-34) --; title: The Unnamed Exorcist (9.38-11) -- -- Conclusion -- General Conclusion; title: Some Concluding Observations --; title: Possible Avenues of Further Study ---- Conclusion-- Bibliography-- Index of References-- Index of Authors-- Index of Subjects.