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"Das Wunder bildet in der christlich-europäischen Vormoderne Gegenstand und Anlass immenser Textproduktion. Die Skripte biblischer Wunder werden immer wieder fort- und umgeschrieben; neue Wundererzählungen entstehen in Zusammenhang mit Frömmigkeitspraktiken, in Historiographie und Hagiographie sowie in literarischen Genres. Nur eine interdisziplinäre Perspektive kann die Vielfalt von Textsorten, Traditionen und Kontexten, Funktionalisierungen sowie Praktiken erfassen, die Konfigurationen des Wunders zwischen Spätantike und Früher Neuzeit hervorbringen. Dem trägt dieser Band Rechnung, indem er historische, theologische und literaturwissenschaftliche Ansätze zusammenbringt." --

Miracles --- Miracles in literature --- Christian hagiography --- History

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Why does the Gospel of Mark make specific and repeated reference to the compassion of Jesus in the miracle stories? This volume discusses the function that compassion has in the Markan characterization of Jesus, particularly in how the terminology employed depicts Jesus as entering the suffering of others. In doing so, it underscores how this portrayal is exceptional among the stories of miracle workers in ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish literature. In Mark, this compassion toward the suffering other is a central feature of the kingdom of God, an attribute the Markan audience is challenged to emulate.

Biblical Interpretations. --- Biblical Studies. --- Compassion in literature. --- Miracles in literature. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Miracles in literature --- Supernatural in literature --- Classical literature --- Themes, motives --- Literature, Classical --- Literature --- Literature, Ancient --- Greek literature --- Latin literature --- Miracles in literature - Congresses. --- Supernatural in literature - Congresses. --- Classical literature - Themes, motives - Congresses.

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In recent years, scholars have extensively explored the function of the miraculous and wondrous in ancient narratives, mostly pondering on how ancient authors view wondrous accounts, i.e. the treatment of the descriptions of wondrous occurrences as true events or their use. More precisely, these narratives investigate whether the wondrous pursues a display of erudition or merely provides stylistic variety; sometimes, such narratives even represent the wish of the author to grant a "rational explanation" to extraordinary actions. At present, however, two aspects of the topic have not been fully examined: a) the ability of the wondrous/miraculous to set cognitive mechanisms in motion and b) the power of the wondrous/miraculous to contribute to the construction of an authorial identity (that of kings, gods, or narrators). To this extent, the volume approaches miracles and wonders as counter intuitive phenomena, beyond cognitive grasp, which challenge the authenticity of human experience and knowledge and push forward the frontiers of intellectual and aesthetic experience. Some of the articles of the volume examine miracles on the basis of bewilderment that could lead to new factual knowledge; the supernatural is here registered as something natural (although strange); the rest of the articles treat miracles as an endpoint, where human knowledge stops and the unknown divine begins (here the supernatural is confirmed). Thence, questions like whether the experience of a miracle or wonder as a counter intuitive phenomenon could be part of long-term memory, i.e. if miracles could be transformed into solid knowledge and what mental functions are encompassed in this process, are central in the discussion.

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Miracles in literature. --- Miracles --- Miracles in motion pictures. --- Psychological aspects. --- #GOSA:II.P.AU.3 --- #GOSA:II.P.AU.4 --- Miracles - Psychological aspects.