Disability studies and the Hebrew Bible : Figuring Mephibosheth in the David story
Explores issues of disability in the Hebrew Bible. This book examines how disability functions into the "David Story" (1 Samuel 16; 1 Kings 2) by paying special attention to Mephibosheth, the only biblical character with a disability as a sustained character trait. The "David Story" contains some of the Bible's most striking images of disability.
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x, 158 p. ; 24 cm.
9780567027825, 0567027821
1010528411
Chapter One - "He was Grounded, Surrounded, with Nothing to Say": Mephibosheth, Biblical Criticism and Disability Studies.; Chapter Two - "My Teacher Mephibosheth, Is My Decision Right?": Mephibosheth in the History of Interpretation.; Chapter Three - A Body Fit for a King: Disability and the Politics of Royal Representation in the Ancient Near East.; Chapter Four - Disabling Boundaries: Mephibosheth and the Problems of Flat Interpretation.; Chapter Five - "Why Do You Still Speak of Your Affairs?": Conclusions and Implications of this Study.