Disability and isaiah's suffering servant
Auteur :
Schipper, Jeremy
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199594863
Date de publication :
1 sept. 2011
Dimensions :
20,2 x 13,6 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
220 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.