the adjudication of miracles: rethinking the criteria of historicity

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2009
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Abstract
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.
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Authors ;Michael R. Licona;Jan G. Van der Watt
Journal JAMA pediatrics
Year 2009
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10.4102/hts.v65i1.130
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