TY - BOOK AU - Gaiser,Frederick J. TI - Healing in the Bible: theological insight for Christian ministry SN - 9780801031014 (pbk.) AV - BS 680 .H4 G35 2010 U1 - 234/.131 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI PB - Baker Academic KW - Healing KW - Biblical teaching KW - Pastoral theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and indexes; Introduction and method -- "O Lord, heal me" : the primal witness of Psalm 6 -- "I am the Lord, your healer" : the God of healing (Exodus 15:22-27) -- "Moses made a serpent of bronze" : healing and culture (Numbers 21:4-9) -- "Hezekiah wept bitterly" : healing and prayer (2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-22) -- "Please accept a present" : the cost of healing (2 Kings 5:1-27) -- "No health in my bones" : reflecting on illness (Psalm 38) -- "What God is so great as our God?" : the healing community (Psalm 77) -- "Hannah conceived and bore a son" : the place of healing in biblical theology (1 Samuel 1:1-2:10) -- "The sensible will not despise them" : healing, medicine, human wisdom, and God (Sirach 38:1-15) -- "I command you, come out of him" : Jesus and the demons (Mark 9:14-29) -- "He spat on the ground and made mud" : Jesus the shaman? (John 9:1-41) -- "If I but touch his clothes" : healing and touch (Mark 5:21-43) -- "Your faith has made you well" : healing, salvation, and cure (Luke 17:11-19) -- "Your sins are forgiven-- stand up and walk" : on sickness and sin (Mark 2:1-12) -- "What I have I give you" : healing in the name of Jesus (Acts 3:1-26) -- "By his bruises we are healed" : healing under the sign of the cross (Isaiah 53:4-5) -- Healing in the Bible : a summary ER -