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On the borderline – representations of disability in the Old Testament

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 16 (2014): Issue 3

By: Staffan Bengtsson

Open Access

|Jan 2014

Abstract

This article explores disability in the Old Testament. The discussion takes its starting point in a number of domains and arenas where disability was visualized and investigates the significance and meaning that can be attached to these domains in relation to the problem of inclusion and exclusion. The analysis highlights complex and contradictory phenomena, where the interpretation was not given but rather dependent on the cultural context and different mechanisms at work.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2013.873077 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 280 - 292

Submitted on: Jun 17, 2013

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Accepted on: Dec 2, 2013

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Published on: Jan 3, 2014

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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