The adjudication of miracles: Rethinking the criteria of historicity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The adjudication of miracles: Rethinking the criteria of historicity | |
| Creator | Licona, Michael R. Van der Watt, Jan G. | |
| Description | 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. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2009-07-08 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v65i1.130 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 65, No 1 (2009); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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