LEADER 03228nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910813555903321 005 20241204193155.0 010 $a1-283-44031-8 010 $a9786613440310 010 $a1-137-00120-8 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137001207 035 $a(CKB)2550000000084229 035 $a(EBL)858929 035 $a(OCoLC)775872871 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000598937 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11381399 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598937 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595902 035 $a(PQKB)10100538 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-00120-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC858929 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000084229 100 $a20110519d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDisability studies and biblical literature /$fedited by Candida R. Moss and Jeremy Schipper 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (232 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: 1349341339 311 08$aPrint version: 0230338291 9780230338296 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aPeople with disabilities in the Bible 615 0$aPeople with disabilities in the Bible. 676 $a220.8/3624 701 $aMoss$b Candida$f1978-$01776637 701 $aSchipper$b Jeremy$01612378 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813555903321 996 $aDisability studies and biblical literature$94294986 997 $aUNINA