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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457160703321

Autore

Schipper Jeremy

Titolo

Disability and Isaiah's suffering servant / / Jeremy Schipper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-19-161982-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Biblical Refigurations

Disciplina

224.1

Soggetti

Disabilities - Bible teaching

Suffering - Bible teaching

Servant of Jehovah - Bible teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In standard biblical interpretations the 'Suffering Servant' figure in Isaiah 53 is understood as an otherwise able bodied person who suffers. Jeremy Schipper challenges this reading and shows that the text describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in ancient Near Eastern literature.