This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies) PDF
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This Abled Body Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies General Editor: Gale A. Yee Editorial Board: Roland T. Boer Tat-Siong Benny Liew Sarojini Nadar Erin Runions Fernando F. Segovia Ken Stone Caroline Vander Stichele Elaine M. Wainwright Number 55 THIS ABLED BODY Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies edited by Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, and Jeremy Schipper This Abled Body Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies edited by Hector Avalos Sarah J. Melcher Jeremy Schipper Brill Leiden • Boston 2007 THIS ABLED BODY Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies Copyright © 2007 by the Society of Biblical Literature All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the Rights and Permissions Offi ce, Society of Biblical Literature, 825 Houston Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30333-0399, USA. This edition published under license from the Society of Biblical Literature by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Drawing on page 85 by Richard Parkinson from John F. Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine (London: British Museum, 1996). Copyright © Richard Parkinson. Used by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data This Abled body : rethinking disabilities in biblical studies / edited by Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, and Jeremy Schipper. p. cm. — (Society of Biblical Literature semeia studies ; v. 55) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-90-04-14668-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. People with disabilities—Biblical teaching. 2. People with disabilities— Mediterranean Region—History. I. Avalos, Hector. II. Melcher, Sarah J. III. Schipper, Jeremy. IV. Title. V. Series. BS680.A25A25 2007b 220.8'305908—dc22 2007035856 ISSN 1567-200X Printed in the Netherlands on acid-free paper Contents Abbreviations vii Introduction Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper 1 Essays Part One Rethinking Disabilities in Ancient Texts 1. The Origins of the Disabled Body: Disability in Ancient Mesopotamia Neal H. Walls 13 2. Deformity and Disability in Greece and Rome Nicole Kelley 31 3. Introducing Sensory Criticism in Biblical Studies: Audiocentricity and Visiocentricity Hector Avalos 47 4. “Be Men, O Philistines” (1 Samuel 4:9): Iconographic Representations and Refl ections on Female Gender as Disability in the Ancient World Carole R. Fontaine 61 5. Masculinity and Disability in the Bible Thomas Hentrich 73 Part Two Biblical Texts and Disability Studies 6. The Normate Hermeneutic and Interpretations of Disability within the Yahwistic Narratives Kerry H. Wynn 91 v vi CONTENTS 7. Disabling Israelite Leadership: 2 Samuel 6:23 and Other Images of Disability in the Deuteronomistic History Jeremy Schipper 103 8. With Whom Do the Disabled Associate? Metaphorical Interplay in the Latter Prophets Sarah J. Melcher 115 9. “Living among the Tombs”: Society, Mental Illness, and Self-Destruction in Mark 5:1–20 Holly Joan Toensing 131 10. “For Whenever I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong”: Disability in Paul’s Epistles Martin Albl 145 Responses 11. Enabling the Body Janet Lees 161 12. “Jesus Thrown Everything Off Balance”: Disability and Redemption in Biblical Literature David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder 173 13. Impairment as a Condition in Biblical Scholarship: A Response Bruce C. Birch 185 Conclusion Hector Avalos, Sarah J. Melcher, Jeremy Schipper 197 Bibliography 201 List of Contributors 219 Index of Subjects 223 Index of Modern Authors 229 Index of Ancient Sources 235 Index of Selected Foreign Terms and Phrases 243 Abbreviations AAR American Academy of Religion AB Anchor Bible ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York, 1992 AfO Archiv für Orientforschung AHB Ancient History Bulletin AIA Archaeological Institute of America AJA American Journal of Archaeology ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by J. B. Pritchard. 3rd ed. Princeton, 1969 AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament ARM Archives royales de Mari ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research BAGD Bauer, W., W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and F. W. Danker. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 2nd ed. Chicago, 1979 BAR Biblical Archaeology Review BAS Biblical Archaeology Society BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research BHS Biblia hebraica stuttgartensia BLB Blue Letter Bible. www.blueletterbible.org BR Bible Review BS Bibliotheca Sacra BT The Bible Translator CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago, 1956– CANE Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Edited by Jack Sasson. 4 vols. New York, 1995 CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CEV Contemporary English Version COS The Context of Scripture. Edited by W. W. Hallo. 3 vols. Leiden, 1997– DSS Dead Sea Scrolls DtrH The Deuteronomistic History FCB Feminist Companion to the Bible GNB Good News Bible HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs vii viii ABBREVIATIONS HSS Harvard Semitic Studies HTR Harvard Theological Review IDB The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by G. A. Buttrick. 4 vols. Nashville, 1962 IEJ Israel Exploration Journal JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society JARCE Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JCS Journal of Cuneiform Studies JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JFSR Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies JRAS Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series JSP Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha KMT KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt KTU Die Keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit. Edited by Manfred Dietrich. Münster, 1995 LÄ Lexikon der Ägyptologie. Edited by W. Helck, E. Otto, and W. Westendorf. Wiesbaden, 1972 LCL Loeb Classical Library LXX Septuagint MT Masoretic Text NAB New American Bible NEA Near Eastern Archaeology NIBCOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary NIV New International Version NRSV New Revised Standard Version NT New Testament NTS New Testament Studies OBO Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis OEANE Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Edited by E. Meyers. New York, 1997. OT Old Testament OTL Old Testament Library PMLA Publications of the Modern Language Association RA Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale RelSRev Religious Studies Review RlA Reallexikon der Assyriologie. Edited by Erich Ebeling et al. Berlin, 1928– RSV Revised Standard Version SANE Sources from the Ancient Near East SBL Society of Biblical Literature TCS Texts from Cuneiform Sources ABBREVIATIONS ix TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Edited by G. Kittel and G. Friedrich. Translated by G. W. Bromiley. 10 vols. Grand Rapids, 1964–1976 TLOT Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament. Edited by E. Jenni, with assistance from C. Westermann. Translated by M. E. Biddle. 3 vols. Peabody, MA, 1997 TUAT Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments VT Vetus Testamentum VTSup Supplements to Vetus Testamentum WAW Writings from the Ancient World ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ZDMG Zeitschrift der deutschen morgendländischen Gesellschaft ZDVP Zeitschrift des deutschen Pälastina-Vereins
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