"Although subsequent generations of Christians would become almost fixated by Jesus’ reputation as a miracle worker and produced ever more elaborate and fantastical traditions, there are good reasons to look closely at the earliest records of this activity."
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Chapter II "The historical Jesus and healing: Jesus' miracles in psychosocial context" (p. 41)
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