“Can You Hear Me Now?…Good!”: A Deaf Adder and the Inversion of Disability Imagery in Psalm 58:5–6
This article explores the use of deaf imagery in Psalm 58 through a cultural model of disability and a historicist approach to highlight the unique rhetorical function of disability imagery within the psalm. In the Hebrew Bible, deafness is typically an affliction to be avoided, and deaf groups typi...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Biblical interpretation
Año: 2022, Volumen: 30, Número: 3, Páginas: 294-311 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Bibel. Psalmen 58
/ Deficiencia
/ Discapacidad auditiva
/ Imagen
/ Animales
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | HB Antiguo Testamento |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Psalm 58
B Deafness B Estudios de Deficiencias Humanas B animal imagery |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | This article explores the use of deaf imagery in Psalm 58 through a cultural model of disability and a historicist approach to highlight the unique rhetorical function of disability imagery within the psalm. In the Hebrew Bible, deafness is typically an affliction to be avoided, and deaf groups typically need Yahweh’s protection along with other disabled groups. In Psalm 58, however, an adder representing wicked people who oppose the psalmist’s community voluntarily disables itself to better withstand the efforts of those who would try to neutralize its threat. For the adder, disability is a source of strength, not weakness. For the psalmist’s community, however, disability is still a problem which necessitates crying out to Yahweh for relief. The use of deaf imagery within this text highlights the contrast between Yahweh, who is righteous and fully-abled, and the wicked/their foreign deities, who judge unfairly and who are depicted as disabled. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-20211594 |