How Might These Accounts Be Interpreted?

Question 1

Hume’s “Essay on ?” argued that, because we have no present day, direct ? of miracles ourselves, it’s not possible to trust the accounts of ?

Answer 1

Miracles.
Experiences.
Jesus.

Question 2

Edward Schillebeeckx identified a second way in which Jesus’ miracles can be interpreted: as having a ? or ? meaning.

Answer 2

Spiritual.

Metaphorical.

Question 3

N.T. Wright discuses that Jesus is ? socially excluded, ritually unclean, separated groups back into a ? with God.

Answer 3

Reuniting.

Relationship.

Question 4

In Wright’s interpretation, Jesus’ miracles show a greater ? than simply a power to alter the way the universe works.

Answer 4

Authority.

Question 5

In John 9:1-41, Jesus heals a man who’s been ? from birth. This action could be read as a sign of Jesus’ ? Jesus says, “For judgement I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become ?”.

Answer 5

Blind.
Power.
Blind.