Empowering the People

In This Innovative Study, Horsley Builds On His Earlier Works Concerning The Problematic And Misleading Categories Of “Magic” And “Miracle” To Examine In-Depth The Meaning And Importance Of The Narratives Of Healing And Exorcism In The Gospels. Incorporating His Work On Oral Performance And Turning To Important Works In Medical Anthropology, A New Image Emerges Of How These Narratives Help Us Re-Evaluate Jesus’S Place In First-Century Galilee And Judea. In His Exorcisms And Healings, Jesus-In-Interaction Was Empowering The Villagers In Their Struggles For Renewal Of Personal And Communal Dignity In Resistance To Invasive Roman Rule.