INSIGHTS FROM MEDICAL AND MEDITERRANEAN ANTHROPOLOGY

How are we to read and understand stories of Jesus healing the lame, deaf, blind, and those with a variety of other maladies? Pilch takes us beyond the historical and literary questions to examine the social questions of how the earliest followers of Jesus and ancient Judeans understood healing, what roles healers played, and the different emphases on healing among the gospels.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John J. Pilch is Professor of Biblical Studies at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Pilch is also a popular speaker in parishes and at conferences, and he contributes regularly to Biblical Theology Bulletin and The Bible Today.

In his comparative analysis, the author draws on the anthropology of the Mediterranean as well as the models employed by medical anthropologists to understand peasant societies and their health-care systems.Utilizes social-science modelsFeatures a complementary web- site with additional resources.