Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and indexes.
Contents:
Conclusion / The origins of the disabled body : disability in ancient Mesopotamia / Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper. 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? : 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 -- 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.
Series:
Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies ; no. 55
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