03290nam 2200517 450 991045716070332120200520144314.00-19-161982-5(CKB)2550000000048538(StDuBDS)AH24082436(MiAaPQ)EBC771747(Au-PeEL)EBL771747(CaPaEBR)ebr11204240(OCoLC)753480364(EXLCZ)99255000000004853820170109h20112011 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDisability and Isaiah's suffering servant /Jeremy SchipperOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2011.©20111 online resource (208 p.) Biblical Refigurations0-19-959486-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not. The presence of the former does not guarantee the presence of the later. While interpreters explain away disabilities in specific characters, they celebrate the rhetorical contributions that disability imagery makes to the literary artistry of biblical prose and poetry, often as a trope to describe the suffering or struggles of a presumably nondisabled person or community. Thissituation contributes to the appearance (or illusion) of a Hebrew Bible that uses disability as a rich literary trope while disavowing the presence of figures or characters with disabilities. Isaiah 53 provides a wonderful example of this dynamic at work. The "Suffering Servant" figure in Isaiah 53 has captured the imagination of readers since very early in the history of biblical interpretation. Most interpreters understand the servant as an otherwise able bodied person who suffers. By contrast, Jeremy Schipper's study shows that Isaiah 53 describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Near Easternliterature. Informed by recent work in disability studies from across the humanities, it traces both the disappearance of the servant's disability from the interpretative history of Isaiah 53 and the scholarly creation of the able bodied suffering servant.Biblical refigurations.DisabilitiesBible teachingSufferingBible teachingServant of JehovahBible teachingElectronic books.DisabilitiesBible teaching.SufferingBible teaching.Servant of JehovahBible teaching.224.1Schipper Jeremy858116MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457160703321Disability and Isaiah's suffering servant1915837UNINA