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Visions of Jesus: Direct Encounters from the New Testament to Today Reprint Edition

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Ernie Hollands, a career criminal, said Christ appeared to him in his cell in Millhaven Penitentiary. Maria Martinez saw Jesus at a busy intersection in Miami, Florida. Rose Fairs was lying in bed one morning when the Venetian blinds opened and the head of Jesus materialized before her. Were these people only imagining a figure that seemed life-like, or is there a chance that what they saw was, in some way, real?

This first critical study of contemporary visions of Jesus offers the intriguing accounts of thirty people, most of them ordinary men and women without prior or subsequent experiences of this kind, who remain mystified about their encounters. Wiebe recounts each vision in vivid detail, exploring why these individuals believe their visions were of Jesus, and why they typically believe them to be objective happenings, rather than hallucinations or dreams. He regards the occurrences from perspectives as diverse as biblical scholarship and parapsychology, concluding that they may well represent genuine religious experiences of a mystical character. The fascinating nature of these visions and Wiebe's thoughtful, evenhanded approach to each report add up to a book that will be provocative reading for skeptics and the faithful alike.
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    0195126696
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0195126693
  3. Edition
    Reprint
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    November 5, 1998
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8.5 x 5.66 x 0.69 inches
  8. Print length
    288 pages
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"A much needed and fascinating study of people's visions of Jesus on the basis of case studies, examining dispassionately the various explanations on offer."--Bishop Hugh Montefiore

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The first critical study of contemporary visions of Jesus

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Reprint edition (November 5, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195126696
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195126693
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1560L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 5.66 x 0.69 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 11

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unkleE
4.0 out of 5 stars Scholarly but interesting
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012
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This is a scholarly book written by a Professor of Philosophy, so don't expect it to be always easy to read. But I found it worth the effort.

It starts with accounts of a number of experiences, mostly by people Wiebe interviewed himself, who say they saw Jesus in some way. Many of them were apparently healed at the same time. In a few cases, more than one person saw the "vision". Wiebe's task is to find an explanation.

He looks at three classes of explanation - supernatural explanations, natural psychological explanations, and natural neurophysiological explanations - with several different types of explanation within each class. He assumes that outright lies are unlikely in any case and impossible overall. I would have expected that some form of hallucination (which can be included under neurophysiological) could feasibly explain all cases, but he shows this isn't the case. He concludes that no single explanation can explain all cases.

Drawing on recent developments in the analysis of near death experiences, Wiebe suggests how a methodology could be developed to analyse these visions, but that many more visionary experiences need to be documented before a better understanding will be possible. He suggests that further research might lead to these experiences being seen as a more "scientific" approach to the philosophical question of the existence of God.
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James D. Charles
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a VERY very good book and I would recommend it to any person ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2017
This is a VERY very good book and I would recommend it to any person of faith no matter which faith they are of. I am so grateful to have read about it in another book (Bart Ehrman of all people mentioned it in one of his) and to obtain a copy.
Basically its a long list of anecdotal stories about modern people who have encountered Jesus Christ, often through weird experiences or visions. My only real complaint is that there are some sections of the book that come across as being sort of padded out. But for the 'meat' of the text there is nothing else quite like it really and I enjoyed it tremendously. This is one of those books that will be reread again and again.
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Kimberly M. Andrews
4.0 out of 5 stars Very affirming
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013
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Stumbled onto this book at seminary while trying to make sense of some personal revelations from God. So glad the author took the time to talk to people who had similar encounters with the risen Christ.

What I enjoyed most were the stories of their experiences. The author spends a lot of time on the scientific side of things... which I suppose is valuable and gives it more credibility, but what I was truly looking for was affirmation, and I received it.

God does not always use the language of our experience to speak to us, and in this we see his creativity and sense of humor, and are reminded that his truth can be found in many faith traditions, whether they belong to us, or not.
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Beemer
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2014
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This was an interesting read, especially on the ways to evaluate a vision. I find it most interesting some people did not write about their visions until years later.
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Ron Bugaj
4.0 out of 5 stars The paperback - text is very small
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2014
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I just received my paperback copy and the text is very small. I should have went with Hardback as it looks an inch bigger.
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Anonymous
4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2016
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Very interesting and contains a lot of critical thinking.
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Rohit
5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful
Reviewed in India on March 3, 2021
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I am really pleased with it...reflects how God is helping us
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Mr. Peter Bayley
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2016
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Interesting and intriguing study.
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