Israel's divine healer
By: Michael L. Brown.
Series: Studies in Old Testament biblical theology
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Healing in the Bible.
Description: Israel's Divine Healer is the first complete, systematic treatment of the biblical motif of God as "Divine Healer." It traces the theme of the Divine Healer from the Old to the New Testament, showing the continuity and discontinuity between the Testaments, particularly in Jesus' miracles that reveal God as the world's Divine Healer.

Israel's Divine Healer begins with a study of various Hebrew words on healing. It then explores, within the larger context of the Ancient Near Eastern religions, the roles of medicine, magic, and the physician-priest together with their possible influences upon Israel's beliefs and practices regarding healing.

Against this background, the remaining chapters examine, from the Torah to the Gospels, how Yahweh progressively revealed himself as Divine Healer to Israel and ultimately, through Jesus, to the whole of humanity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-441) and indexes.