The Historian and the Miraculous
Defining a miracle as a rare or unique event that appears to contravene so-called natural laws or what we could expect possible, and is possibly the result of a basic act of God, the major part of this article takes into account points at which the historian is challenged by the problem of miracle....
| Published in: | Bulletin for biblical research |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Eisenbrauns
2018
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| In: |
Bulletin for biblical research
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| Summary: | Defining a miracle as a rare or unique event that appears to contravene so-called natural laws or what we could expect possible, and is possibly the result of a basic act of God, the major part of this article takes into account points at which the historian is challenged by the problem of miracle. The final section of the article faces the question of the historian’s ability to identify supernatural agency. It is argued that a positive case for identifying special divine action can be made on the grounds that an otherwise impossible event is credibly associated with God—either through a religiously charged event such as prayer or because it appears to reflect the character of God or is consistent with other events already judged to be the result of special divine action. |
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| ISSN: | 2576-0998 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/bullbiblrese.28.2.0199 |