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Disability studies and biblical literature / edited by Candida R. Moss and Jeremy Schipper.

Contributor(s): Moss, Candida R | Schipper, Jeremy
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 232 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780230338296; 0230338291Subject(s): People with disabilities in the Bible | Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 220.8/3624 LOC classification: BS680.P435 | D57 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS680 .P435 D57 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903288070

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.

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