04027nam 22009015 450 991096255920332120250509225557.09786613440310978128344031812834403189781137001207113700120810.1057/9781137001207(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)99255000000008422920151208d2011 u| 0engur|n#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDisability Studies and Biblical Literature /by C. Moss, J. Schipper1st ed. 2011.Palgrave Macmillan US2011New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2011.1 online resource (232 pages)Description based upon print version of record.9781349341337 1349341339 9780230338296 0230338291 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.SociologyReligionReligionPhilosophyChristianityLiteratureBibleStudy and teachingSociologyReligionPhilosophy of ReligionChristianityLiteratureBiblical StudiesSociology.Religion.ReligionPhilosophy.Christianity.Literature.BibleStudy and teaching.Sociology.Religion.Philosophy of Religion.Christianity.Literature.Biblical Studies.220.8/3624Moss737384Moss Candida1978-1793668Schipper Jeremy1612378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962559203321Disability Studies and Biblical Literature4377694UNINA