Disability in the Hebrew Bible: interpreting mental and physical differences

Mental and physical disability, ubiquitous in texts of the Hebrew Bible, here receive a thorough treatment. Olyan seeks to reconstruct the Hebrew Bible's particular ideas of what is disabling and their potential social ramifications. Biblical representations of disability and biblical classific...

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Main Author: Olyan, Saul M. 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008.
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:[Rezension von: Olyan, Saul M., Disability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Mental and Physical Differences] (2009) (Sprinkle, Joe M.)
[Rezension von: OLYAN, SAUL M., Disability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Mental and Physical Differences] (2009) (Seeman, Chris, 1967 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Handicap / Old Testament
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B People with disabilities in rabbinical literature
B Dead Sea Scrolls
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B People with disabilities in the Bible
B Bible ; Old Testament ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521888073