Description |
1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations. |
Series |
Semeia studies ; no. 55 |
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Semeia studies ; no. 55.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and indexes. |
Contents |
part 1. Rethinking disabilities in ancient texts. The origins of the disabled body: disability in ancient Mesopotamia / Neal H. Walls -- Deformity and disability in Greece and Rome / Nicole Kelley -- Introducing sensory criticism in biblical studies: audiocentricity and visiocentricity / Hector Avalos -- "Be men, o Philistines" (1 Samuel 4:9): iconographic representations and reflections on female gender as disability in the ancient world / Carole R. Fontaine -- Masculinity and disability in the Bible / Thomas Hentrich. pt. 2. Biblical texts and disability studies. The normate hermeneutic and interpretations of disability within the Yahwistic narratives / Kerry H. Wynn -- Disabling Israelite leadership: 2 Samuel 6:23 and other images of disability in the Deuteronomistic history / Jeremy Schipper -- With whom do the disabled associate? Metaphysical interplay in the latter Prophets / Sarah J. Melcher -- "Living among the tombs": society, mental illness, and self-destruction in Mark 5:1-20 / Holly Joan Toensing -- "For whenever I am weak, then I am strong": disability in Paul's epistles / Martin Albl. Responses. Enabling the body / Janet Lees -- "Jesus thrown everything off balance": disability and redemption in biblical literature / David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder -- Impairment as a condition in biblical scholarship: a response / Bruce C. Birch -- Conclusion / Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
People with disabilities -- Biblical teaching.
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People with disabilities -- Mediterranean Region -- History.
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BIBLES -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference.
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People with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01057245
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People with disabilities -- Biblical teaching.
(OCoLC)fst01057249
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Mediterranean Region. (OCoLC)fst01239752
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Author |
Avalos, Hector.
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Melcher, Sarah J.
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Schipper, Jeremy.
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Other Form: |
Print version: This abled body. Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2007 9781589831865 1589831861 (DLC) 2007035805 (OCoLC)169873471 |
ISBN |
9781435626966 (electronic bk.) |
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1435626966 (electronic bk.) |
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