Disability in the Hebrew Bible : interpreting mental and physical differences

Disability in the Hebrew Bible : interpreting mental and physical differences / Saul M. Olyan.

This book is about mental and physical disability in the Hebrew Bible.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Olyan, Saul M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	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. Health attitudes. Judaism. RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings. RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament. Judaism Health attitudes People with disabilities in rabbinical literature People with disabilities in the Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

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.