This abled body : rethinking disabilities in biblical studies / edited by Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Avalos, Hector.

Melcher, Sarah J.

Schipper, Jeremy.

Series:

Semeia studies ; no. 55.

Semeia studies ; no. 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Biblical teaching.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Mediterranean Region--History.

Physical Description:

ix, 244 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: RETHINKING DISABILITIES IN ANCIENT TEXTS

The Origins of the Disabled Body

Deformity and Disabilityin Greece and Rome

Introducing Sensory Criticismin Biblical Studies

"Be Men, O Philistines!" (1 Samuel 4:9)

Masculinity and Disability in the Bible

PART TWO: BIBLICAL TEXTS AND DISABILITY STUDIES

The Normate Hermeneutic andInterpretations of Disability withinYahwistic Narratives

Disabling Israelite Leadership

With Whom Do the Disabled Associate?

"Living among the Tombs"

"For Whenever I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong"

Responses

Enabling the Body

"Jesus Thrown Everything Off Balance"

Impairment as a Conditionin Biblical Scholarship

Conclusion

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index of Subjects

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Selected Foreign Terms and Phrases.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4356-2696-6

OCLC:

191683817