The Bible and Disability: A Commentary
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The Bible and Disability: A Commentary
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Overview
The BDC enshrines the distinctive interpretive imagination required to span the worlds of biblical studies and disability studies. Each of the fourteen contributors has worked at this intersection; and through their combined expertise, the very best of both biblical studies and disability studies culminates in detailed textual work of description, interpretation, and application to provide a synthetic and synoptic whole. The result is a close reading of the Bible that gives long-overdue attention to the fullness of human identity narrated in the Scriptures.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781602586215 |
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| Publisher: | Baylor University Press |
| Publication date: | 10/01/2017 |
| Series: | Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 511 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Mikeal C. Parsons is Professor and Macon Chair of Religion at Baylor University.
Amos Yong is Professor of Theology & Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction Sarah J. Melcher 1
Beginnings
1 Genesis and Exodus Sarah J. Melcher 29
Law
2 Leviticus-Deuteronomy David Tabb Stewart 57
History
3 Joshua-Second Kings Jeremy Schipper 93
4 First and Second Chronicles-Esther Kerry H. Wynn 121
Wisdom
5 Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Sarah J. Melcher 159
6 Psalms, Lamentations, and Song of Songs Jennifer L. Koosed 189
Prophets
7 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Twelve J. Blake Couey 215
Synoptic Gospels and Acts
8 Mark and Matthew Candida R. Moss 275
9 Luke-Acts David F. Watson 303
Johannine Literature
10 John, First-Third John, and Revelation Jaime Clark-Soles 333
Pauline Letters
11 Paul Arthur J. Dewey Anna C. Miller 379
The General Letters
12 Hebrews and the Catholic Letters Martin C. Albl 427
Contributors 459
Scripture and Ancient Literature Index 461
Author Index 484
Subject Index 489
What People are Saying About This
Scholarship that employs a disability studies lens to interpret the Bible is vigorous and increasingly important today. The editors of The Bible and Disability—Sarah Melcher, Mikeal Parsons, and Amos Yong—have themselves been important contributors to recent research on embodiment and disability in Scripture and theology. For this project, they have gathered an impressive team of scholars to join them in probing a wide range of biblical texts from the perspective of disability. This commentary consolidates much of the wisdom on offer in recent disability studies approaches to the Bible. It will offer an especially helpful resource for readers—whether temporarily able-bodied or not—who are not yet familiar with this way of engaging Scripture. This is a welcome addition to my library.
The Bible and Disability: A Commentary offers groundbreaking work in linking two distinct areas of scholarship: biblical studies and disability studies. The authors read the Bible's narratives, oracles, and letters while asking how the categories of 'temporarily abled,' 'ill,' 'possessed,' and others are framed in Scripture. Their overriding question is: what counts for 'normal' human experience in the Bible? Anyone interested in the fields of biblical studies and disability studies will need to engage with this volume.
Our society has been slow to acknowledge and take up responsibility for the wellbeing of disabled persons among us. We have been slower still in grasping the urgent theological dimensions of the issue of disability. For these reasons this book is a most welcome one. This impressive roster of contributors breaks new ground in exploring the interface of biblical testimony and the reality of disability and in seeing in the biblical text the inescapable reality of disability. For many readers, this collection of fine essays will constitute a steep learning curve for seeing what we had not seen in the text, and thinking what we had not thought as a result of new seeing. The writers and editors are to be congratulated on this impressive and instructive study.
Scholarship that employs a disability studies lens to interpret the Bible is vigorous and increasingly important today. The editors of The Bible and Disability—Sarah Melcher, Mikeal Parsons, and Amos Yong—have themselves been important contributors to recent research on embodiment and disability in Scripture and theology. For this project, they have gathered an impressive team of scholars to join them in probing a wide range of biblical texts from the perspective of disability. This commentary consolidates much of the wisdom on offer in recent disability studies approaches to the Bible. It will offer an especially helpful resource for readers—whether temporarily able-bodied or not—who are not yet familiar with this way of engaging Scripture. This is a welcome addition to my library.