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The Bible and Disability: A Commentary (BDC) is the first comprehensive commentary on the Bible from the perspective of disability. The BDC examines how the Bible constructs or reflects human wholeness, impairment, and disability in all their expressions. Biblical texts do envision the ideal body, but they also present visions of the body that deviate from this ideal, whether physically or through cognitive impairments or mental illness. The BDC engages the full range of these depictions of body and mind, exploring their meaning through close readings and comparative analysis. 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.

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Author:   Sarah Melcher ,  Mikeal C. Parsons ,  Amos Yong ,  John Swinton
Publisher:   SCM Press
Imprint:   SCM Press
ISBN:  

9780334056867

ISBN 10:   0334056861
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   31 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by John Swinton Preface Introduction - Sarah J. Melcher BEGINNINGS 1. Genesis and Exodus by Sarah J. Melcher LAW 2. Leviticus-Deuteronomy by David Tabb Stewart HISTORY 3. Joshua-Second Kings by Jeremy Schipper 4. First and Second Chronicles-Esther by Kerry H. Wynn WISDOM 5. Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Sarah J. Melcher 6. Psalms, Lamentations, and Song of Songs by Jennifer L. Koosed PROPHETS 7. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Twelve 215 by J. Blake Couey SYNOPTIC GOSPELS AND ACTS 8. Mark and Matthew by Candida R. Moss 9. Luke-Acts by David F. Watson JOHANNINE LITERATURE 10. John, First-Third John, and Revelation by Jaime Clark- Soles PAULINE LETTERS 11. Paul by Arthur J. Dewey and Anna C. Miller THE GENERAL LETTERS 12. Hebrews and the Catholic Letters by Martin C. Albl

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Sarah J. Melcher is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Scriptures at Xavier University. Mikeal C. Parsons is Professor and Macon Chair in Religion at Baylor University. Amos Yong is Professor of Theology and Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. John Swinton is a Scottish theologian. He is the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen.

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