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Zusatztext this book is a very important contribution to what can be called sensory criticism or corporeal criticism in biblical studies that focuses on the embodied human experience in biblical texts. This book should be read by anyone interested in how sense is both expressed and constructed by biblical authors and by biblical scholars. Louise J. Lawrence is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the University of Exeter. Klappentext Louise J. Lawrence presents provocative re-interpretations of biblical characters that have previously been sidelined and stigmatised on account of their perceived disability. She introduces approaches taken from Sensory Anthropology and Disability Studies to bring fresh methodological perspectives to familiar Gospel texts. Zusammenfassung Louise J. Lawrence presents provocative re-interpretations of biblical characters that have previously been sidelined and stigmatised on account of their perceived disability. She introduces approaches taken from Sensory Anthropology and Disability Studies to bring fresh methodological perspectives to familiar Gospel texts. Introduction: Sense and Stigma ; 1. Looking Through a Glass Darkly: Sensing Disabilities of Biblical Studies ; 2. Blind Spots and Metaphors: Refiguring Sightless Characters in the Gospels ; 3. Sounding Out a deaf mute : Mark 7:31 37 as Deaf World Performance ; 4. The Stench of Untouchability: Sensory Tactics of a Leper, Legion and Leaky Woman ; 5. Sense, Seizure and Illness Narratives: The Case of an Epileptic / Demon-Possessed Boy ; Conclusion: Sensory-Disabled Characters Refiguring God ; Bibliography
