Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant

Klappentext In standard biblical interpretations the "Suffering Servant" figure in Isaiah 53 is understood as an otherwise able bodied person who suffers. Jeremy Schipper challenges this reading and shows that the text describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in ancient Near Eastern literature. Zusammenfassung In standard biblical interpretations the "Suffering Servant" figure in Isaiah 53 is understood as an otherwise able bodied person who suffers. Jeremy Schipper challenges this reading and shows that the text describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in ancient Near Eastern literature.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeremy Schipper, Jeremy (Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible Schipper
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.09.2011
• EAN: 9780199594856
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959485-6
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 146 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Biblical Refigurations; Biblical Refigurations
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo