The Bible and Disability: A Commentary

by Sarah J. Melcher

Book Overview

The Bible and Disability: A Commentary (BDC) is the first comprehensive commentary on the Bible from the perspective of disability. The BDC examines how the Bible constructs or reflects human wholeness, impairment, and disability in all their expressions. Biblical texts do envision the ideal body, but they also present visions of the body that deviate from this ideal, whether physically or through cognitive impairments or mental illness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602586217
• ISBN13: 9781602586215
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 511 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher