The Christ of the Miracle Stories <subTitle>Portrait through Encounter</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Cotter, Wendy</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1946-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>293tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>An expert on the Greco Roman world explores the miracle stories of the Gospels in their Hellenistic context, illuminating what they reveal about the person, character, and power of Jesus: his generosity, kindness, understanding, and compassion in response to unreasonable demands for help. The book contextualizes the petitioners' behavior and speech against their cultural backdrop and refocuses attention from the miracle accounts themselves to the way Jesus responds to the petitioners.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Wendy J. Cotter</note> <subject> <topic>Jesus Christ -- Person and Offices</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jesus Christ -- Miracles</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jesus Christ -- Character</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">232.955</classification> <classification authority="ddc">C847-W47</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780801039508</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14877/41ymaww9jnl.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14877/41ymaww9jnl.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071420.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>