How to Discredit an Inconvenient Exorcist: Origin and Configuration of the Synoptic Controversies on Jesus’ Power as an Exorcist

Abstract

This article uses the ethnological research of M. Lewis on possession and exorcism as a methodological tool to solve some exegetical problems related to the interpretation, historical origin, and literary pre-synoptic development of the “Beelzebul controversies” (Mark 3:22-30; Matthew 12:22-32; Luke 11:14-23).

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Beelzebul Controversies Spiritual Possession Exorcism Mark 3:22-30 Matthew 12:22-32 Luke 11:14-23

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