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In the Name of Jesus Exorcism among Early Christians

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ISBN-10: 0801027454

ISBN-13: 9780801027451

Edition: 2007

Authors: Graham H. Twelftree

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To many in the church in the West, exorcism seems like the stuff of movies. It requires acceptance of the premise that evil spirits exist and can invade, control, and impair the health of an individual and that the individual can, in turn, be cured through someone forcing the evil spirits to leave. For the vast majority of biblical scholars, asserts Graham H. Twelftree, this is tantamount to believing in such entities as elves, dragons, or a flat earth. But for Christians throughout the worldespecially the developing worldexorcism is an important part of the freedom that can be had through faith. In the Name of Jesus is the only book that explores this common part of ministry in the early…    
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Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 10/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.41" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Graham H. Twelftree (Ph.D., University of Nottingham) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is the author of numerous books, including Christ Triumphant and Jesus the Exorcist.

Jesus and the Problem of Exorcism
Problem of Exorcism
Jesus and Other Exorcists
The First Century
Paul
Q
Mark
Luke-Acts
Matthew
I Peter, Hebrews, and James
Johannine Christianity
The Second Century
Fathers, Apologists, and the Early Second Century
Mark's Longer Ending and the Later Second Century
Critics of Christianity
Exorcism among Early Christians
Conclusions and Contemporary Coda