| Description |
1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Nature of Barrenness in the Hebrew Bible; 2 The Blind, the Lame, and the Barren Shall Not Come into the House; 3 "Like the eunuch who does not beget": Gender, Mutilation, and Negotiated Status in the Ancient Near East; 4 Sexual Disabilities in the Hebrew Bible; 5 The Ascription of Physical Disability as a Stigmatizing Strategy in Biblical Iconic Polemics; 6 Whoring after Cripples: On the Intersection of Gender and Disability Imagery in Jeremiah; 7 A Tale of Two Eunuchs: Isaiah 56:1-8 and Acts 8:26-40 |
| Summary |
The primary aim of this volume is to synthesize the two fields of disability studies and biblical studies. It illustrates how academic or critical biblical scholarship has shown that many texts involving disability in the Bible is much more nuanced than a casual reading or isolated proof texting may indicate |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
People with disabilities in the Bible.
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Disabilities -- Biblical teaching
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Disability: social aspects.
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Sacred texts.
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Society.
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People with disabilities in the Bible.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schipper, Jeremy
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| ISBN |
9781137001207 |
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1137001208 |
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