DISABIL ISAIAHS SUFFER SERVANT BIBR C

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-959485-6
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

Reihe: Biblical Refigurations

Launch of the brand new Biblical Refigurations series which offers fresh perspectives on the textual, cultural, and interpretative contexts of individual biblical characters
Highlights the relevance of disability studies to the study of the biblical text
Engages research in disability studies from across the humanities to illuminate a very familiar passage in biblical studies
Reviews the history of scholarship on Isaiah 53 and presents a close reading that challenges frequent assumptions associated with the suffering servant
Written in a clear and accessible style well suited to introducing and explaining cross disciplinary findings relevant to the study of the biblical text

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.

Zielgruppe

Students and Scholars of the book of Isaiah; of the Hebrew bible; of disability studies; of the reception history of the bible

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schipper

Schipper, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Disabling Methodology in Hebrew Bible Studies
2: The Servant as a Figure with Disabilities
3: The Servant as Scriptural Sufferer
4: The Servant as Historical or Collective Sufferer
Conclusions: The Servant as Able Bodied Passer

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy Schipper, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Temple University, PA