Disability in the Hebrew Bible: interpreting mental and physical differences

Chapter 1 : Constructions of beauty and ugliness -- Chapter 2 : Physical disabilities classified as "defects" -- Chapter 3 : Physical disabilities not classified as "defects" -- Chapter 4 : Mental disability -- Chapter 5 : Disability in the prophetic utopian vision -- Chapter...

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Main Author: Olyan, Saul M. 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:[Rezension von: Olyan, Saul M., Disability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Mental and Physical Differences] (2009) (Sprinkle, Joe M.)
[Rezension von: OLYAN, SAUL M., Disability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Mental and Physical Differences] (2009) (Seeman, Chris, 1967 -)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Handicap
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B People with disabilities in rabbinical literature
B Attitude to health
B Dead Sea Scrolls
B Bible
B Judaism
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B People with disabilities in the Bible
B Disabled Persons
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Chapter 1 : Constructions of beauty and ugliness -- Chapter 2 : Physical disabilities classified as "defects" -- Chapter 3 : Physical disabilities not classified as "defects" -- Chapter 4 : Mental disability -- Chapter 5 : Disability in the prophetic utopian vision -- Chapter 6 : Non-somatic parallels to bodily wholeness and "defect" -- Chapter 7 : Exegetical perpetuations, elaborations and transformations : the case of Qumran "defects" in the Dead Sea scrolls
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0521888077

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