This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies

This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies (Semeia Studies)
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The burgeoning field of disability studies has recently emerged within the humanities and social sciences and, as a result, disability is no longer seen as the biological condition of an individual body but as a complex product of social, political, environmental, and biological discourses. The groundbreaking 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. The contributors are Martin Albl, Hector Avalos, Bruce C. Birch, Carole R. Fontaine, Thomas Hentrich, Nicole Kelley, Janet Lees, Sarah J. Melcher, David Mitchell, Jeremy Schipper, Sharon Snyder, Holly Joan Toensing, Neal H. Walls, and Kerry H. Wynn.
Country USA
Brand Society of Biblical Literature
Manufacturer Society of Biblical Literature
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781589831865
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Society of Biblical Literature
Manufacturer	Society of Biblical Literature
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781589831865
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies (Semeia Studies)

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