The adjudication of miracles: Rethinking the criteria of historicity
| Autor: | Licona, MR, van der Watt, JG |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Zdroj: | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 65, No 1 (2009) |
| ISSN: | 0259-9422 2072-8050 |
| Popis: | This is the second article in a series of two that discusses whether historians are within their professional rights to investigate miracle claims. In the first, I made a positive case that they are and then proceeded to examine two major arguments in support of a negative verdict to the issue: the principle of analogy and antecedent probability. I argued that neither should deter historians from issuing a positive verdict on miracle claims when certain criteria are met and the event is the best explanation of the relevant historical bedrock. In this second article, I examine three additional objections commonly appealed to by biblical scholars: the theological objection, lack of consensus and miracle claims in multiple religions. The resurrection of Jesus is occasionally cited as an example. |
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