A disabled apostle : impairment and disability in the letters of Paul / Isaac T. Soon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soon, Isaac T., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology of disability--History--To 1500.

Sociology of disability.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint--Health.

Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

With society's growing focus on disability, this book is a first-examining Paul the Apostle as a disabled person. Readers will learn about contemporary perspectives on disability and encounter a rich variety of ancient sources related to three of Paul's disabilities: circumcision, demonization, and short stature (possibly dwarfism).

Contents:

Cover

A Disabled Apostle: Impairment and Disability in the Letters of Paul

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: A Disorderly Figure

A Socio-Cultural Model of Disability

A Brief History of Scholarship

An Approach for Unveiling Paul's Disability

1: An Angel of Satan

Paul's Thorn in the Flesh as an Angel of Satan

The Physical Effect of the Angel of Satan on Paul's Body

2: The Demon Inside

Attending to the Demonic

Paul, the Possessed Apostle?

Demonic Inhabitation with the Pneuma of Christ

3: Demons as Disability

Demonic Habitation as an Ancient Impairment

The Demonic as Disability

4: God and the Disabling of Paul

Disabled by God

Revealing the Mystery of Powerful Weakness

5: A Bestial Glans

Circumcision in Three Dimensions

The Ideal Greek and Roman Phallus

A Deviant and Dysfunctional Aesthetic

6: Circumcision as Disability

Disabling Barbarians

Disabling Circumcised Jews

Disabling Jewish Circumcision in Early Christianity

7: A Disabling Gospel

Disabling Judaizing Gentiles

Redeeming Gentiles through Penile Amputation

Paul's Disabling of Gentile Circumcision

8: Pneumatic Circumcision

Pneumatic Bodies

Perfected Circumcised Bodies in Ancient Judaism

The Continuity of Bodily Circumcision in Resurrection

The Future Disability of Jewish Christ Followers

9: A Short Apostle

Σαργάνη in 2 Cor 11:33 and Its Reception in Acts 9:25

The Fiction of Paul's Description in APTh 3

The Historical Plausibility of Paul's Shortness

10: Short Stature as Disability

Defining Dwarfism and Short Stature

Short Stature as Impairment

Short Stature as Disability

Accepted, Liminal, and Disabled

11: The Smallest of All Apostles

The Premature Apostle.

A Trained Boxer

Fighting Beasts at Ephesus

Conclusion

Epilogue: Recognizing Unrecognized Disabilities

Bibliography

Index

Subject Index

Author Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 1, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Soon, Isaac T. A Disabled Apostle

ISBN:

0-19-198074-9

9780191980749

0-19-288544-8

9780192885449

0-19-288543-X

9780192885432

OCLC:

1395556296