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This abled body : rethinking disabilities in biblical studies / edited by Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper.

Contributor(s): Avalos, Hector | Melcher, Sarah J | Schipper, Jeremy
Material type: TextTextSeries: Semeia studies: Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Society of Biblical Literature, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781589831865 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1589831861 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): People with disabilities -- Biblical teaching | People with disabilities -- Mediterranean Region -- HistoryDDC classification: 220.8/305908 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
The origins of the disabled body : disability in ancient Mesopotamia / Neal H. Walls --Deformity and disability in Greece and Rome / Nicole Kelley -- Introducing sensory criticism in biblical studies : audiocentricity and visiocentricity / Hector Avalos -- "Be men, O Philistines" (1 Samuel 4:9) : iconographic representations and reflections on female gender as disability in the ancient world / Carole R. Fontaine -- Masculinity and disability in the Bible / Thomas Hentrich -- The normate hermeneutic and interpretations of disability within the Yahwistic narratives / Kerry H. Wynn -- Disabling Israelite leadership : 2 Samuel 6:23 and other images of disability in the Deuteronomistic history / Jeremy Schipper -- With whom do the disabled associate? : metaphysical interplay in the Latter Prophets / Sarah J. Melcher -- "Living among the tombs" : society, mental illness, and self-destruction in Mark 5:1-20 / Holly Joan Toensing -- "For whenever I am weak, then I am strong" : disability in Paul's epistles / Martin Albl -- Enabling the body / Janet Lees -- "Jesus thrown everything off balance" : disability and redemption in biblical literature / David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder -- Impairment as a condition in biblical scholarship : a response / Bruce C. Birch -- Conclusion / Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS680 .P435 T45 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903217913

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The origins of the disabled body : disability in ancient Mesopotamia / Neal H. Walls --Deformity and disability in Greece and Rome / Nicole Kelley -- Introducing sensory criticism in biblical studies : audiocentricity and visiocentricity / Hector Avalos -- "Be men, O Philistines" (1 Samuel 4:9) : iconographic representations and reflections on female gender as disability in the ancient world / Carole R. Fontaine -- Masculinity and disability in the Bible / Thomas Hentrich -- The normate hermeneutic and interpretations of disability within the Yahwistic narratives / Kerry H. Wynn -- Disabling Israelite leadership : 2 Samuel 6:23 and other images of disability in the Deuteronomistic history / Jeremy Schipper -- With whom do the disabled associate? : metaphysical interplay in the Latter Prophets / Sarah J. Melcher -- "Living among the tombs" : society, mental illness, and self-destruction in Mark 5:1-20 / Holly Joan Toensing -- "For whenever I am weak, then I am strong" : disability in Paul's epistles / Martin Albl -- Enabling the body / Janet Lees -- "Jesus thrown everything off balance" : disability and redemption in biblical literature / David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder -- Impairment as a condition in biblical scholarship : a response / Bruce C. Birch -- Conclusion / Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper.

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