In the Name of Jesus

by Twelftree, Graham H.

• ISBN13: 9780801027451
• ISBN10: 0801027454
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441205995
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic
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Summary

This volume offers a comprehensive examination of both historical and theological aspects of exorcism in Christianity's first two centuries.

Author Biography

Graham H. Twelftree (PhD, University of Nottingham) is distinguished professor of New Testament at the School of Divinity at Regent University, Virginia. In addition to many scholarly articles and reviews, he is the author of a number of books, including Jesus the Exorcist and Jesus the Miracle Worker.

Table of Contents

Jesus and the Problem of Exorcism
Problem of Exorcism	p. 25
Jesus and Other Exorcists	p. 35
The First Century
Paul	p. 57
Q	p. 79
Mark	p. 101
Luke-Acts	p. 129
Matthew	p. 157
I Peter, Hebrews, and James	p. 175
Johannine Christianity	p. 183
The Second Century
Fathers, Apologists, and the Early Second Century	p. 209
Mark's Longer Ending and the Later Second Century	p. 231
Critics of Christianity	p. 265
Exorcism among Early Christians
Conclusions and Contemporary Coda	p. 279
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