This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies

Avalos, Hector; Melcher, Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Scriptures Sarah J; Schipper, Prof Jeremy

ISBN 10: 1589831861 / ISBN 13: 9781589831865

Published by Society of Biblical Literature (edition Illustrated), 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature (edition Illustrated)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589831861
• ISBN 13: 9781589831865
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: Fair

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About the Author

Hector Avalos is Professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He is the author of The End of Biblical Studies and Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence (both from Prometheus) and Strangers in Our Own Land: Religion in U.S. Latina/o Literature (Abingdon). Sarah J. Melcher is Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures and Co-Director of the Ethics/Religion and Society Program at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jeremy Schipper is a Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at Temple University and an affiliated faculty member of Temple’s Institute on Disabilities. He is the author of Disability Studies and the Hebrew Bible: Figuring Mephibosheth in the David Story (T&T Clark).