03228nam 2200565 a 450 991081355590332120241204193155.01-283-44031-897866134403101-137-00120-810.1057/9781137001207(CKB)2550000000084229(EBL)858929(OCoLC)775872871(SSID)ssj0000598937(PQKBManifestationID)11381399(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598937(PQKBWorkID)10595902(PQKB)10100538(DE-He213)978-1-137-00120-7(MiAaPQ)EBC858929(EXLCZ)99255000000008422920110519d2011 uy 0engur|n#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDisability studies and biblical literature /edited by Candida R. Moss and Jeremy Schipper1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20111 online resource (232 pages)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: 1349341339 Print version: 0230338291 9780230338296 Includes bibliographical references and index.The nature of barrenness in the Hebrew Bible / Joel S. Baden -- The blind, the lame, and the barren shall not come into the house / Susan Ackerman -- "Like the eunuch who does not beget": gender, mutilation, and negotiated status in the ancient Near East / T.M. Lemos -- Sexual disabilities in the Hebrew Bible / David Tabb Stewart -- The ascription of physical disability as a stigmatizing strategy in biblical iconic polemics / Saul M. Olyan -- Whoring after cripples: on the intersection of gender and disability imagery in Jeremiah / Rebecca Raphael -- A tale of two eunuchs: Isaiah 56:1-8 and Acts 8:26-40 / Sarah J. Melcher -- "The blind, lame, and paralyzed" (John 5:3): John's Gospel, disability studies, and postcolonial perspectives / Warren Carter -- "His feet and ankles were made strong": signs of character in the man lame from birth / Mikeal C. Parsons -- Paul's disability: the thorn in his flesh / Adela Yarbro Collins -- In sickness and in health: ancient rituals of truth in the Greco-Roman world and 1 Peter / Meghan Henning -- "The punishment of the devil was apparent in the torment of the human body": epilepsy in ancient Christianity / Nicole Kelley.The primary aim of this volume is to synthesize the two fields of disability studies and biblical studies. It illustrates how academic or critical biblical scholarship has shown that many texts involving disability in the Bible is much more nuanced than a casual reading or isolated proof texting may indicate.People with disabilities in the BiblePeople with disabilities in the Bible.220.8/3624Moss Candida1978-1776637Schipper Jeremy1612378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813555903321Disability studies and biblical literature4294986UNINA