Disability in the Hebrew Bible : interpreting mental and physical differences /
Saul M. Olyan.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- 1 online resource (xii, 188 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-170) and index.
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.
This book is about mental and physical disability in the Hebrew Bible.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls. Bible.--Old Testament. Dead Sea scrolls.
People with disabilities in the Bible. People with disabilities in rabbinical literature. Bible. Disabled Persons. Attitude to Health. Judaism. People with disabilities in the Bible. People with disabilities in rabbinical literature. RELIGION--Judaism--Sacred Writings. RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament. People with disabilities in rabbinical literature. People with disabilities in the Bible.
Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.