Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant (Biblical Refigurations) - Couverture souple

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Schipper, Jeremy

 
9780199594863: Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant (Biblical Refigurations)
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ISBN 10 : 0199594864 ISBN 13 : 9780199594863
Editeur : Oxford University Press, Usa, 2011

Synopsis

Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not. The presence of the former does not guarantee the presence of the later. While interpreters explain away disabilities in specific characters, they celebrate the rhetorical contributions that disability imagery makes to the literary artistry of biblical prose and poetry, often as a trope to describe the suffering or struggles of a presumably nondisabled person or community. This situation contributes to the appearance (or illusion) of a Hebrew Bible that uses disability as a rich literary trope while disavowing the presence of figures or characters with disabilities.

Isaiah 53 provides a wonderful example of this dynamic at work. The "Suffering Servant" figure in Isaiah 53 has captured the imagination of readers since very early in the history of biblical interpretation. Most interpreters understand the servant as an otherwise able bodied person who suffers. By contrast, Jeremy Schipper's study shows that Isaiah 53 describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Near Eastern literature. Informed by recent work in disability studies from across the humanities, it traces both the disappearance of the servant's disability from the interpretative history of Isaiah 53 and the scholarly creation of the able bodied suffering servant.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not. The presence of the former does not guarantee the presence of the later. While interpreters explain away disabilities in specific characters, they celebrate the rhetorical contributions that disability imagery makes to the literary artistry of biblical prose and poetry, often as a trope to describe the suffering or struggles of a presumably nondisabled person or community. This situation contributes to the appearance (or illusion) of a Hebrew Bible that uses disability as a rich literary trope while disavowing the presence of figures or characters with disabilities. Isaiah 53 provides a wonderful example of this dynamic at work. The "Suffering Servant" figure in Isaiah 53 has captured the imagination of readers since very early in the history of biblical interpretation. Most interpreters understand the servant as an otherwise able bodied person who suffers. By contrast, Jeremy Schipper's study shows that Isaiah 53 describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Near Eastern literature. Informed by recent work in disability studies from across the humanities, it traces both the disappearance of the servant's disability from the interpretative history of Isaiah 53 and the scholarly creation of the able bodied suffering servant.

Revue de presse

It is accessible to both scholars and general readers (Randall Heskett, Boulder University, Boulder, Colorado)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press, Usa
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199594864
ISBN 13 
9780199594863
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie
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Via Verdi, 8
Assago Milano
20090
Italie

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ISBN 10 :  0199594856 ISBN 13 :  9780199594856
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2011
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