Biblical corpora : representations of disability in Hebrew biblical literature / Rebecca Raphael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raphael, Rebecca.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 445.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 445

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Physical Description:

x, 154 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2008.

Summary:

This book provides a literary critical method focused on representation in the canonical form of the text, that allows a comprehensive view of how images of disability operate in relation to major concepts, and also provides a foundation for studies in the history of interpretation. All discussion of biblical passages and books draw on existing historical studies as a necessary precondition for understanding.

Contents:

Introduction: Disability studies within biblical studies

Categories: disability contra the holy and the real

Figures: disability as aesthetic device

Rhetoric: the sensory structure of divine-human communication

Limping on two opinions: disability as constitutive element and critical mode introduction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [144]-148) and index.

ISBN:

9780567028020

056702802X

OCLC:

173718777