Human Agents of Cosmic Power: Hellenistic Judaism and the Synoptic Tradition

By Mary E. Mills

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
1990
ISBN
9781474266284, 9781474230445, 9781474230452
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15499294 bytes)
Series
The Library of New Testament Studies
Pages
\178
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 18:50:55

Description

The ancient world believed that the universe was made up of elements both material and spiritual. These elemental forces affected human life positively or negatively and any human being who could share their energy was a person of great significance – a human agent of cosmic power. This is a significant part of the background of the life and career of Jesus of Nazareth. The present work is a reappraisal of Synoptic accounts of Jesus and his followers in the light of recent developments in the study of ancient magic.

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