Many Healings of the Woman with the Flow of Blood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3393503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ekaterina N Lomperis (George Fox University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 479 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14040479 |
| OpenAlex | W4362581500 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
With the emergence of the modern quest for the historical Jesus, theologians began increasingly questioning traditional views of Jesus as a healer of human bodies. While a growing suspicion of Jesus's role as a literal healer of the body is commonly traced to the influence of the Enlightenment, in this essay, I will suggest that the roots of this theological marginalization run deeper, in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformations, when supernatural did not yet equal superstitious. The essay will examine two representative exegeses of the healing of the woman with the flow of blood in Mark 5:25-34, offered by Martin Luther and John Calvin. My analysis will reveal a shift of hermeneutical emphases from the bleeding woman's restoration to the dynamics of her faith, and consequently, a new Protestant vision of Jesus's role in the story, which I will argue occurred due to the new theological importance placed on faith by Protestant reformers
Art · Enlightenment · Faith · Literature · Protestantism · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |