Disability Studies and Biblical Literature

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-11
The Nature of Barrenness in the Hebrew Bible....Pages 13-27
The Blind, the Lame, and the Barren Shall Not Come into the House....Pages 29-45
“Like the eunuch who does not beget”: Gender, Mutilation, and Negotiated Status in the Ancient Near East....Pages 47-66
Sexual Disabilities in the Hebrew Bible....Pages 67-87
The Ascription of Physical Disability as a Stigmatizing Strategy in Biblical Iconic Polemics....Pages 89-102
Whoring after Cripples: On the Intersection of Gender and Disability Imagery in Jeremiah....Pages 103-116
A Tale of Two Eunuchs: Isaiah 56:1–8 and Acts 8:26–40....Pages 117-128
“The blind, lame and paralyzed” (John 5:3): John’s Gospel, Disability Studies, and Postcolonial Perspectives....Pages 129-150
His Feet and Ankles Were Made Strong: Signs of Character in the Man Lame from Birth....Pages 151-164
Paul’s Disability: The Thorn in His Flesh....Pages 165-183
In Sickness and in Health: Ancient “Rituals of Truth” in the Greco-Roman World and 1 Peter....Pages 185-203
‘The punishment of the devil was apparent in the torment of the human body”: Epilepsy in Ancient Christianity....Pages 205-221
Back Matter....Pages 223-232