Healing and exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity

Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Mikael Tellbe: Introduction -- Part I. Healing and Exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Emerging Christianity -- Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Dumping your Toxic Waste Abroad: Exorcism and Healing in Zechariah's Vision Report and Beyond -- 1. Zechariah 5:1-4 -- 2. Zechariah 5:5-11 -- 3. Zechariah 3 -- 4. Conclusion -- Cecilia Wassén: The Impurity of the Impure Spirits in the Gospels -- 1. Jesus and Exorcism -- 2. The Term Impure Spirits in the Gospels -- 3. Different Kinds of Impurity: Moral and Ritual Impurity -- 4. Impure Spirits in Early Jewish Literature -- 5. Conclusion -- Sigurd Grindheim: Exorcism, Forgiveness, and Christological Implications -- 1. Power over Demons in Second Temple Judaism -- 2. Jesus's Power over the Demons -- 3. Jesus's Forgiveness -- 4. Conclusion -- Susan R. Garrett: "The Miracle That Jesus Cannot Do" -- 1. Mark's Epistemological Obsession -- 2. Jesus's Failure to Enlighten the Twelve -- 3. Satan's Modus Operandi -- 4. Exorcising Satan -- Steve Walton: Why Silence? Reflections on Paul and Jesus Silencing Demonised People in Luke-Acts -- 1. Setting the Scene -- 2. Surveying the Scholarship -- 3. Studying the Sources -- 4. Circling back to Luke-Acts -- 5. Summary and Conclusion -- Graham H. Twelftree: Healing and Exorcism in the Early Church -- 1. First Case Study: Paul -- 2. Second Case Study: Mark -- 3. Third Case Study: Johannine Literature -- 4. Conclusion -- Larry W. Hurtado: The Ritual Use of Jesus's Name in Early Christian Exorcism and Healing -- 1. Exclusivity of Jesus's Name -- 2. The Early Christian Devotional Pattern -- 3. The Simplicity of Method -- 4. Summary -- Part II. Healing and Exorcism in the Early Church.