Paulo Augusto de Souza Nogueira

Fear and Ecstatic Reaction to the Miracle Stories in the Synoptic Gospels

Maravilhamento e êxtase religioso como reação aos milagres nos Evangelhos Sinóticos

Published in Expressing the Divine: Language, Art and Mysticism

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The Synoptic Miracle Stories have been interpreted with suspicion by modern exegetes. If compared to Jesus’ preaching and to the death and resurrection account they never received a true religious appreciation. In fact, the insertion of the Miracle Stories in the Synoptic Gospels has been considered as a kind of concession by the evangelists: they narrate them, but they show also that the popular reaction to the miracles, even if positive, is dominated by misunderstanding.