A disabled apostle: impairment and disability in the letters of Paul
With society's growing focus on disability, this book is a first--examining Paul the Apostle as a disabled person. Readers will learn about contemporary perspectives on disability and encounter a rich variety of ancient sources related to three of Paul's disabilities: circumcision, demoniz...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Soon, Isaac T., A disabled apostle : impairment and disability in the letters of Paul] (2024) (Botha, Pieter J. J., 1957 -)
[Rezension von: Soon, Isaac T., A disabled apostle : impairment and disability in the letters of Paul] (2024) (Wilson, Annalisa Phillips) [Rezension von: Soon, Isaac T., A disabled apostle : impairment and disability in the letters of Paul] (2024) (Collman, Ryan D.) |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible.-Epistles of Paul
B Paul,-the Apostle, Saint |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780192885241 |
| Summary: | With society's growing focus on disability, this book is a first--examining Paul the Apostle as a disabled person. Readers will learn about contemporary perspectives on disability and encounter a rich variety of ancient sources related to three of Paul's disabilities: circumcision, demonization, and short stature (possibly dwarfism). Cover -- A Disabled Apostle: Impairment and Disability in the Letters of Paul -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: A Disorderly Figure -- A Socio-Cultural Model of Disability -- A Brief History of Scholarship -- An Approach for Unveiling Paul's Disability -- 1: An Angel of Satan -- Paul's Thorn in the Flesh as an Angel of Satan -- The Physical Effect of the Angel of Satan on Paul's Body -- 2: The Demon Inside -- Attending to the Demonic -- Paul, the Possessed Apostle? -- Demonic Inhabitation with the Pneuma of Christ -- 3: Demons as Disability -- Demonic Habitation as an Ancient Impairment -- The Demonic as Disability -- 4: God and the Disabling of Paul -- Disabled by God -- Revealing the Mystery of Powerful Weakness -- 5: A Bestial Glans -- Circumcision in Three Dimensions -- The Ideal Greek and Roman Phallus -- A Deviant and Dysfunctional Aesthetic -- 6: Circumcision as Disability -- Disabling Barbarians -- Disabling Circumcised Jews -- Disabling Jewish Circumcision in Early Christianity -- 7: A Disabling Gospel -- Disabling Judaizing Gentiles -- Redeeming Gentiles through Penile Amputation -- Paul's Disabling of Gentile Circumcision -- 8: Pneumatic Circumcision -- Pneumatic Bodies -- Perfected Circumcised Bodies in Ancient Judaism -- The Continuity of Bodily Circumcision in Resurrection -- The Future Disability of Jewish Christ Followers -- 9: A Short Apostle -- Σαργάνη in 2 Cor 11:33 and Its Reception in Acts 9:25 -- The Fiction of Paul's Description in APTh 3 -- The Historical Plausibility of Paul's Shortness -- 10: Short Stature as Disability -- Defining Dwarfism and Short Stature -- Short Stature as Impairment -- Short Stature as Disability -- Accepted, Liminal, and Disabled -- 11: The Smallest of All Apostles -- The Premature Apostle. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| ISBN: | 019288543X |