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.

The 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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is organized by genre of biblical literature. First, the priestly literature articulates a binary concept of disability as impure and passive, i.e. as 'other' to the pure, holy, and active. By contrast, in the prophetic literature and the Psalms, images of disability structure communication among God, prophets, leaders, and people. Here, disability does not simply mean impurity; its valuation depends on its possessor. Wisdom literature and narrative present figures (e.g. Job, Mephibosheth) whose innate or acquired disabilities are nevertheless placed, and not simply as impurities, wit

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: DISABILITY STUDIES WITHIN BIBLICAL STUDIES; Chapter 2 CATEGORIES: DISABILITY CONTRA THE HOLY AND THE REAL; Chapter 3 FIGURES: DISABILITY AS AESTHETIC DEVICE; Chapter 4 RHETORIC: THE SENSORY STRUCTURE OF DIVINE-HUMAN COMMUNICATION; Chapter 5 LIMPING ON TWO OPINIONS: DISABILITY AS CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENT AND CRITICAL MODE INTRODUCTION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613195685

9781283195683

1283195682

9780567279897

0567279898

OCLC:

744350457