Jewish understanding of illness
- Created by: Claire Negri
- Created on: 02-04-13 15:48
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- Jewish understanding of illness- Links to sin and demon possession.
- Sickness thought to be the result of sin.
- John 9:2 " Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
- 2 Samuel 12:14 " but because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the lord, the son born to you will die"
- Mark 2- healing of the paralyzed man- forgiveness of sin leads to physical healing
- Sickness due to demon possession
- it was believed in those days that disease, especially mental illness, was due to a person being possessed by demons
- Demons of evil spirits were thought to have entered a person and to be responsible for sickness
- Luke 9- " teacher, i beg you look at my son... A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsion so that he foams at the mouth.
- Sickness thought to be the result of sin.
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