The Cambridge Companion to Miracles (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521899864)

The miracle stories of the founders and saints of the major world religions have much in common. Written by international experts, this Companion provides an authoritative and comparative study of miracles in not only Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity and Judaism, but also, indigenous religions. The authors promote a discussion of the problems of miracles in our largely secular culture, and of the value of miracles in religious belief. The miracles of Jesus are also contextualized through chapters on the Hebrew Bible, classical culture to the Romans, Second Temple and early rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. This book provides students with a scholarly introduction to miracles, which also covers philosophical, medical and historical issues.

Author: Graham H. Twelftree
ISBN-10: 0521899869
ISBN-13: 9780521899864
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2011
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2012