Disability Studies And the Hebrew Bible
Figuring Mephibosheth in the David Story (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
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Word Count
39,500 words, Guess
Page Count
158 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7853792M
- ISBN-139780567027825
- ISBN-100567027821
- OCLC Control Number70174843
- Library of Congress Control Number2006019651
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- Goodreads231468
Classifications
- LCCBS1199.A25 S35 2006
Description
"This unique interdisciplinary book uses a fresh approach to explore issues of disability in the Hebrew Bible. It examines how disability functions in the David Story (1 Samuel 16; 1 Kings 2) by paying special attention to Mephibosheth, the only biblical character with a disability as a sustained character trait. The David Story contains some of the Bible's most striking images of disability. Nonetheless, interpreters tend to focus on legal material rather than narratives when studying disability in the Hebrew Bible. Often, they neglect the David Story's complex use of disability. They overlook its use of disability imagery as open to critical interpretation because its stereotypical meanings may seem so commonplace and transparent. Yet recent work in the burgeoning field of disability studies presents disability as a complicated motif that demands more critical engagement than it typically receives. Informed by exciting developments in the field, it argues that the David Story employs disability imagery as a subtle mode of narrating and organizing various ideological positions regarding national identity."--Publisher's website.
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- Disability Studies And the Hebrew Bible: Figuring Mephibosheth in the David Story (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
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