How Might These Accounts Be Interpreted? Flashcards

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Hume’s “Essay on ?” argued that, because we have no present day, direct ? of miracles ourselves, it’s not possible to trust the accounts of ?

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Miracles.
Experiences.
Jesus.

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Edward Schillebeeckx identified a second way in which Jesus’ miracles can be interpreted: as having a ? or ? meaning.

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Spiritual.

Metaphorical.

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N.T. Wright discuses that Jesus is ? socially excluded, ritually unclean, separated groups back into a ? with God.

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Reuniting.

Relationship.

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In Wright’s interpretation, Jesus’ miracles show a greater ? than simply a power to alter the way the universe works.

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Authority.

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In John 9:1-41, Jesus heals a man who’s been ? from birth. This action could be read as a sign of Jesus’ ? Jesus says, “For judgement I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become ?”.

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Blind.
Power.
Blind.

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