I am looking for academic papers on the redactional and soci-historical questions on the narrative of the healing of the Leper?

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Michał Wojciechowski

I suggest calling it cleansing rather than healing. Secondary literature is very rich, for articles see esp. BIBIL page (Lausanne).

My article with new insights is to be found on this site:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274070750_The_Touching_of_the_Leper_%28Mk_140-45%29_as_a_Historical_and_Symbolical_Act_of_Jesus

A context:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273458768_Symbolic_Acts_of_Jesus

Article The Touching of the Leper (Mk 1,40-45) as a Historical and S...

Article Symbolic Acts of Jesus

Matthew Hoy

Thank you both SO much, Michal your articles are amazing and David, to answer your question I have.

God Bless you both!

Godwin A. Etukumana

Matthew, I am currently working on the same topic as yours. could you tell me which of the books are you working on or is it random exegesis? This will enable me to know how to direct you. But for now I leave you with, Annette Weissenrieder, Images of Illness in the Gospel of Luke: Insights of Ancient Medical Texts (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2003) and John J. Pilch. Healing in the New Testament: insights from medical and Mediterranean anthropology (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000). Also the work of Thomas Bateman, Practical synopsis of cutaneous diseases. London: Richard and Author Taylor, 1813, will give you Socio-Historical insights to the study of leprosy. Success!

Monika Zaviš

Dear Matthew, I have written a chapter on this topic in my monograph on medicine and religion in middle ages. It´s in Slovak, so you could mention it or I could translate for you some concrete sentences that would help you. Best regards, Monika.