| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ani kan, hakol kan, if I am here, all is here : a contemplation on "defects" & "wholeness" / Bradley Shavit Artson -- Jewish theological approaches to the human experience of disability : a primer for rabbis and rabbinical students / Wallace Greene -- The participation of Jews who are blind in the Torah service / Daniel S. Nevins -- Reform responsa concerning persons with disabilities / introduction by Judith Abrams -- Misconceptions about disabilities in the Hebrew Bible / Judith Z. Abrams -- Jewish perspectives on theology and the human experience of disability : what the rabbis heard : deafness in the Mishnah / Bonnie L. Gracer -- Judaism, theology and the human rights of people with disabilities / Melinda Jones -- "Ledor vador," from generation to generation : one community's response to Jewish genetic diseases / Becca Hornstein -- Executive summery, Minneapolis Jewish community, inclusion program for people with disabilities research report / Claire Buchwald -- What does being Jewish mean to you? : the spiritual needs of Jewish people with learning disabilities and their families / Eve Kuhr Hersov -- Marriage and parenthood among persons with intellectual disability in Jewish law / Isack Kandel, Katherine Bergwerk, Joav Merrick -- The participation of disabled women in the rules of Niddah / Deena R. Zimmerman -- Legal aspects of parenthood among persons with intellectual disability in Israel / Isack Kandel, Katherine Bergwerk, Joav Merrick -- The sages, people with disabilities, and adaptive technology / Robert Brown --Jacob who loves the Sabbath / Bradley Shavit Artson |
| Summary |
A re-examination of Jewish scripture and teachings about disabilitiesFew people are untouched by the issue of disability, whether personally or through a friend or relative. Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of Disability shares moving insights from around the world and across the broad spectrum of Judaism on how and why the Jewish community is incomplete without the presence and participation of the disabled. Authors representing each of the three main movements of Judaism?Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform?examine theology, scripture, ethics, practical theo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Co-published simultaneously as Journal of religion, disability & health, v. 10, no. 3/4, 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Opening contemplation-Across the religious spectrum: orthodox, conservative and reform-Scholarly approaches-Theology in practice-Concluding contemplation |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Disabilities -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
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Disabilities -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Abrams, Judith Z.
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Gaventa, William C.
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| ISBN |
9781136453441 |
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113645344X |
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1283841029 |
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9781283841023 |
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9780203051863 |
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0203051866 |
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9781136453588 |
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113645358X |
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9781136453519 |
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1136453512 |
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9780789034458 |
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078903445X |
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