The Bible and Disability : A Commentary / edited by Sarah J. Melcher, Mikeal C. Parsons, and Amos Yong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melcher, Sarah J., editor.

Parsons, Mikeal C. (Mikeal Carl), 1957- editor.

Yong, Amos, editor.

Series:

Studies in religion, theology, and disability.

Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2017]

Summary:

The Bible and Disability: A Commentary (BDC) is the first comprehensive commentary on the Bible from the perspective of disability. The BDC examines how the Bible constructs or reflects human wholeness, impairment, and disability in all their expressions. Biblical texts do envision the ideal body, but they also present visions of the body that deviate from this ideal, whether physically or through cognitive impairments or mental illness. The BDC engages the full range of these depictions of body and mind, exploring their meaning through close readings and comparative analysis. The BDC enshrines the distinctive interpretive imagination required to span the worlds of biblical studies and disability studies. Each of the fourteen contributors has worked at this intersection; and through their combined expertise, the very best of both biblical studies and disability studies culminates in detailed textual work of description, interpretation, and application to provide a synthetic and synoptic whole. The result is a close reading of the Bible that gives long-overdue attention to the fullness of human identity narrated in the Scriptures.

Contents:

Cover

Blurbs, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright, Series Introduction

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Genesis and Exodus

Chapter 2. Leviticus-Deuteronomy

Chapter 3. Joshua-Second Kings

Chapter 4. First and Second Chronicles-Esther

Chapter 5. Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes

Chapter 6. Psalms, Lamentations, and Song of Songs

Chapter 7. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Twelve

Chapter 8. Mark and Matthew

Chapter 9. Luke-Acts

Chapter 10. John, First-Third John, and Revelation

Chapter 11. Paul

Chapter 12. Hebrews and the Catholic Letters

Contributors

Scripture and Ancient Literature Index

Author Index

Subject Index

Also Available in the SRTD series.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781481307291

1481307290

9781602586215

1602586217