LEADER 02822nam 2200481 450 001 9910816962003321 005 20210428215917.0 010 $a0-88414-326-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000007008996 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5553400 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007008996 100 $a20181030d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNegotiating the disabled body $erepresentations of disability in early Christian texts /$fAnna Rebecca Solevag 210 1$aAtlanta, GA :$cSBL Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (207 pages) 225 1 $aEarly Christianity and its literature ;$vNumber 23 311 $a0-88414-325-2 327 $aIntroduction : disability and early Christian literature -- Healings as narrative prosthesis in Mark -- John and the symbolic significance of disability -- Disabling women in the Acts of Peter -- The rhetoric of madness and demon possession -- Judas the Monster : policing the borders of the human -- Eunuchs in/and the Kingdom of God -- Conclusion : polyphonic voices. 330 $a"Negotiating the Disabled Body explores how non-normative bodies are presented in early Christian literature through the lens of disability studies. In a number of case studies, Soleva?g shows how early Christians struggled to come to terms with issues relating to body, health, and dis/ability. These efforts towards interpretation of unruly and extraordinary bodies appear in the texts in a multitude of ways, from healing in the Gospels to inflicting disability in the Acts of Peter and from theologizing in Paul's letters to using disability as invective in Papias. Soleva?g uses concepts of "narrative prosthesis," gaze and stare, stigma, monster theory, and crip theory to examine early Christian material to reveal the multiple, polyphonous, contradicting ways in which non-normative bodies appear"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aEarly Christianity and its literature ;$vNumber 23. 606 $aDisabilities$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aChristian literature, Early 606 $aPeople with disabilities in the Bible 606 $aSuffering$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aDisabilities$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aChristian literature, Early 615 0$aPeople with disabilities in the Bible 615 0$aSuffering$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 676 $a225.6 700 $aSoleva?g$b Anna Rebecca$01044597 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816962003321 996 $aNegotiating the disabled body$93937289 997 $aUNINA