Theology

Healing and Exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity

Ed. by Mikael Tellbe and Tommy Wasserman with the assistance of Ludvig Nyman

[Heilung und Exorzismus im Judentum des Zweiten Tempels und im frühen Christentum.]

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This volume contains contributions by a group of internationally acknowledged scholars dealing with the interpretation of healing and exorcism in texts relating to Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, including the transmission, reception, and interpretation of the biblical texts in early Christian writings and artefacts.
This volume, originating from a conference on »Healing and Exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity« hosted by Örebro School of Theology (Sweden) in 2018, deals with the ideological and theological meaning of healing and exorcism in a historical, literary, and socio-cultural perspective. While the first part of the book focuses on Jewish and early Christian texts and themes, the second centres on the transmission, reception and interpretation of the biblical texts in early Christian writings and artefacts.
Survey of contents
Mikael Tellbe: Introduction

PART I Healing and Exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Emerging Christianity
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Dumping your Toxic Waste Abroad: Exorcism and Healing in Zechariah's Vision Report and Beyond – Cecilia Wassén: The Impurity of the Impure Spirits in the Gospels – Sigurd Grindheim: Exorcism, Forgiveness, and Christological Implications – Susan R. Garrett: The Miracle That Jesus Cannot Do – Steve Walton: Why silence? Reflections on Paul and Jesus Silencing Demonised People in Luke-Acts – Graham H. Twelftree: Healing and Exorcism in the Early Church – Larry W. Hurtado: The Ritual Use of Jesus's Name in Early Christian Exorcism and Healing

PART II Healing and Exorcism in the Early Church
Jennifer W. Knust and Tommy Wasserman: The Wondrous Gospel of John: Jesus's Miraculous Deeds in Late Ancient Editorial and Scholarly Practice – Karl Olav Sandnes: Ancient Debates on Jesus as Miracle Worker: Emic and Etic Perspectives – Carl Johan Berglund: How »Valentinian« Was Heracleon's Reading of the Healing of the Son of a Royal Official? – Barbara Crostini: The Use of Scripture in Cyril of Jerusalem's Homily on the Paralytic by the Pool: Interpreting the Litter of Solomon – Anthony John Lappin: Φιμώθητι καὶ ἔξελθε: Demons and Their Temples in the Second Half of the Fourth Century
Authors/Editors

Mikael Tellbe Born 1960; Academic Dean and Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Örebro School of Theology, Sweden.

Tommy Wasserman Born 1970; Professor of Biblical Studies at Ansgar Teologiske Høgskole, Kristiansand, Norway.

Ludvig Nyman Born 1988; PhD student at Lund University and part-time Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Örebro School of Theology, Sweden.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: New Testament Abstracts — 66 (2022), p. 165
In: Svensk Exegetisk Arsbok (SEA) — 2022, pp. 408–412 (Torsten Löfstedt)
In: Journal for the Study of the OT — 45 (2021) (Ann Jeffers)
In: Revue de l'histoire et de Philosophie Réligieuses — 101 (2021), pp. 89–91 (Christian Grappe)