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With society's growing focus on disability, this book is a first--examining Paul the Apostle as a disabled person. Readers will learn about contemporary perspectives on disability and encounter a rich variety of ancient sources related to three of Paul's disabilities: circumcision, demonization, and short stature (possibly dwarfism).
List of contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction: A Disorderly Figure
- 1: An Angel of Satan
- 2: The Demon Inside
- 3: Demons as Disability
- 4: God and the Disabling of Paul
- 5: A Bestial Glans
- 6: Circumcision as Disability
- 7: A Disabling Gospel
- 8: Pneumatic Circumcision
- 9: A Short Apostle
- 10: Short Stature as Disability
- 11: The Smallest of all Apostles
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: Recognising Unrecognised Disabilities
- Bibliography
About the author
Since 2021, Isaac T. Soon has been Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (New Testament) at Crandall University. He has degrees from the University of Oxford and Durham University. He has published peer-reviewed journal articles in the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, Early Christianity, the Journal for the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting, Vigiliae Christianae, Novum Testamentum, Religions,
the Journal of Biblical Literature, and the Journal for the Study of Judaism.
Summary
With society's growing focus on disability, this book is a first--examining Paul the Apostle as a disabled person. Readers will learn about contemporary perspectives on disability and encounter a rich variety of ancient sources related to three of Paul's disabilities: circumcision, demonization, and short stature (possibly dwarfism).
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This meticulously argued, theoretically astute book impressively weaves together scripture, material culture, and disability theory.
