(1) preach the gospel (2) heal the sick and (3) cast out devils. Finally, the theological implications of the various theories are explored. A pastors chilling experience with alleged demonic deliverance leads him to return. The conclusion drawn is that the accommodation theory represents revisionist eisegesis of the relevant texts and not sound, grammatical-historical exegesis. Seven exegetical arguments are then raised against the accommodation theory. Exegetical arguments for the accommodation are considered and seen to be mostly arguments from silence with very little merit. Written by Marko Jovanovic February 13, 2022. ![]() A survey of the literature shows that biblical scholars are in wide agreement that Jesus and the Synoptic writers did in fact believe in demons. ![]() For example, Jesus and St Paul are listed by John Watkins in his book Hearing Voices. These are ‘benign accommodation theory’, in which Jesus and the Synoptic writers behaved just as though demons were real, and the ‘subversive accommodation theory’, in which Jesus and the Synoptic writers intended to subvert the popular belief in demons and show indirectly that no such beings exist. Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine: Scientific and Theological. We give a brief history of the accommodation theory and distinguish two sub-theories: benign accommodation and subversive accommodation (the latter of which seems to be restricted to Christadelphians). We first define three competing theories. In this exegetical study of the references to demons and exorcism in the Synoptic Gospels, we aim to evaluate the accommodation theory which claims that Jesus and the Synoptic writers did not share the belief in demons which was common among their contemporaries, but accommodated themselves to it. In the gospel reading today, Jesus was preaching in the synagogue while a man with an unclean spirit was listening.
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