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 | Society of Biblical LiteratureMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Semeia studies ; no. 55.Publication details: Atlanta Society of Biblical Literature c2007. Description: ix, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781589831865 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1589831861 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): People with disabilities in the Bible | People with disabilities in the New Testament | People with disabilities -- Mediterranean Region -- HistoryDDC classification: 220.8 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Rethinking disabilities in ancient texts. 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 -- Biblical texts and disability studies. 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? : metaphorical 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 -- Responses. 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.
Summary: The essays of This Abled Body engage biblical studies in conversation with the wider field of disability studies. They explore the use of the conceptual category "disability" in biblical and Near Eastern texts and examine how conceptions of disability become a means of narrating, interpreting, and organizing human life. Employing diverse approaches to biblical criticism, scholars explore methodological issues and specific texts related to physical and cognitive disabilities. Responses to the essays by established disability activists and academics working in the social sciences and humanities conclude the volume. --From publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and indexes.

Rethinking disabilities in ancient texts. 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 -- Biblical texts and disability studies. 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? : metaphorical 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 -- Responses. 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.

The essays of This Abled Body engage biblical studies in conversation with the wider field of disability studies. They explore the use of the conceptual category "disability" in biblical and Near Eastern texts and examine how conceptions of disability become a means of narrating, interpreting, and organizing human life. Employing diverse approaches to biblical criticism, scholars explore methodological issues and specific texts related to physical and cognitive disabilities. Responses to the essays by established disability activists and academics working in the social sciences and humanities conclude the volume. --From publisher's description.

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