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Healing in the Bible : theological insight for Christian ministry / Frederick J. Gaiser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, c2010.Description: xii, 276 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801031014 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 234/.131 22
LOC classification:
  • BS 680 .H4 G35 2010
Contents:
Introduction and method -- "O Lord, heal me" : the primal witness of Psalm 6 -- "I am the Lord, your healer" : the God of healing (Exodus 15:22-27) -- "Moses made a serpent of bronze" : healing and culture (Numbers 21:4-9) -- "Hezekiah wept bitterly" : healing and prayer (2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-22) -- "Please accept a present" : the cost of healing (2 Kings 5:1-27) -- "No health in my bones" : reflecting on illness (Psalm 38) -- "What God is so great as our God?" : the healing community (Psalm 77) -- "Hannah conceived and bore a son" : the place of healing in biblical theology (1 Samuel 1:1-2:10) -- "The sensible will not despise them" : healing, medicine, human wisdom, and God (Sirach 38:1-15) -- "I command you, come out of him" : Jesus and the demons (Mark 9:14-29) -- "He spat on the ground and made mud" : Jesus the shaman? (John 9:1-41) -- "If I but touch his clothes" : healing and touch (Mark 5:21-43) -- "Your faith has made you well" : healing, salvation, and cure (Luke 17:11-19) -- "Your sins are forgiven-- stand up and walk" : on sickness and sin (Mark 2:1-12) -- "What I have I give you" : healing in the name of Jesus (Acts 3:1-26) -- "By his bruises we are healed" : healing under the sign of the cross (Isaiah 53:4-5) -- Healing in the Bible : a summary.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and indexes.

Introduction and method --
"O Lord, heal me" : the primal witness of Psalm 6 --
"I am the Lord, your healer" : the God of healing (Exodus 15:22-27) --
"Moses made a serpent of bronze" : healing and culture (Numbers 21:4-9) --
"Hezekiah wept bitterly" : healing and prayer (2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-22) --
"Please accept a present" : the cost of healing (2 Kings 5:1-27) --
"No health in my bones" : reflecting on illness (Psalm 38) --
"What God is so great as our God?" : the healing community (Psalm 77) --
"Hannah conceived and bore a son" : the place of healing in biblical theology (1 Samuel 1:1-2:10) --
"The sensible will not despise them" : healing, medicine, human wisdom, and God (Sirach 38:1-15) --
"I command you, come out of him" : Jesus and the demons (Mark 9:14-29) --
"He spat on the ground and made mud" : Jesus the shaman? (John 9:1-41) --
"If I but touch his clothes" : healing and touch (Mark 5:21-43) --
"Your faith has made you well" : healing, salvation, and cure (Luke 17:11-19) --
"Your sins are forgiven--
stand up and walk" : on sickness and sin (Mark 2:1-12) --
"What I have I give you" : healing in the name of Jesus (Acts 3:1-26) --
"By his bruises we are healed" : healing under the sign of the cross (Isaiah 53:4-5) --
Healing in the Bible : a summary.