Disability Studies and the Hebrew Bible: Figuring Mephibosheth in the David Story

by Jeremy Schipper

This unique interdisciplinary book uses a fresh approach to explore issues of disability in the Hebrew Bible. It examines how disability functions in the David Story (1 Samuel 16; 1 Kings 2) by paying special attention to Mephibosheth, the only biblical character with a disability as a sustained character trait. The David Story contains some of the Bible's most striking images of disability.

Nonetheless, interpreters tend to focus on legal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567337510
• ISBN13: 9780567337511
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"