Disability Studies and Biblical Literature This page intentionally left blank Disability Studies and Biblical Literature EditedbyCandidaR.MossandJeremySchipper disabilitystudiesandbiblicalliterature Copyright©CandidaR.MossandJeremySchipper,2011. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2011 978-0-230-33829-6 Allrightsreserved. Chapter5reprintedbypermissionoftheauthorandtheJournalof HebrewScripturesfrom“TheAscriptionofPhysicalDisabilityasaStigmatizing StrategyinBiblicalIconicPolemics,”JournalofHebrewScriptures9.14 (2009):1–15.(cid:2)c JournalofHebrewScriptures. Chapter9reprintedbypermissionoftheauthorandBaylorUniversity PressfromMikealC.Parsons,BodyandCharacterinLukeandActs: TheSubversionofPhysiognomyinEarlyChristianity,pp.109–123.Waco, TX:BaylorUniversityPress,2006.(cid:2)c BaylorUniversityPress. Firstpublishedin2011by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN® intheUnitedStates—adivisionofSt.Martin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. WherethisbookisdistributedintheUK,EuropeandtherestoftheWorld, thisisbyPalgraveMacmillan,adivisionofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabove companiesandhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnited States,theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-34133-7 ISBN 978-1-137-00120-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137001207 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Disabilitystudiesandbiblicalliterature/editedbyJeremySchipperand CandidaR.Moss. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1. PeoplewithdisabilitiesintheBible. I. Schipper,Jeremy. II. Moss,CandidaR. BS680.P435D572011 220.8(cid:3)3624—dc23 2011020966 AcataloguerecordofthebookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. DesignbyIntegraSoftwareServices Firstedition:November2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ForfriendsatTempleUniversity’sInstituteonDisabilities andLudgerViefhues This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofTables ix Abbreviations xi ListofContributors xv Introduction 1 CandidaR.MossandJeremySchipper 1 TheNatureofBarrennessintheHebrewBible 13 JoelS.Baden 2 TheBlind,theLame,andtheBarrenShallNotComeinto theHouse 29 SusanAckerman 3 “Liketheeunuchwhodoesnotbeget”:Gender,Mutilation, andNegotiatedStatusintheAncientNearEast 47 T.M.Lemos 4 SexualDisabilitiesintheHebrewBible 67 DavidTabbStewart 5 TheAscriptionofPhysicalDisabilityasaStigmatizing StrategyinBiblicalIconicPolemics 89 SaulM.Olyan 6 WhoringafterCripples:OntheIntersectionofGenderand DisabilityImageryinJeremiah 103 RebeccaRaphael 7 ATaleofTwoEunuchs:Isaiah56:1–8andActs8:26–40 117 SarahJ.Melcher 8 “Theblind,lameandparalyzed”(John5:3):John’sGospel, DisabilityStudies,andPostcolonialPerspectives 129 WarrenCarter 9 HisFeetandAnklesWereMadeStrong:SignsofCharacter intheManLamefromBirth 151 MikealC.Parsons viii ● Contents 10 Paul’sDisability:TheThorninHisFlesh 165 AdelaYarbroCollins 11 InSicknessandinHealth:Ancient“RitualsofTruth”inthe Greco-RomanWorldand1Peter 185 MeghanHenning 12 “Thepunishmentofthedevilwasapparentinthetormentof thehumanbody”:EpilepsyinAncientChristianity 205 NicoleKelley Index 223 List of Tables 4.1 Threesubstantivecategoriesofthepriest’sdisabilitiesin“P” anditsredactor“H” 70 4.2 SexualdisabilitiesintheDeuteronomicliterature 73 4.3 SexualdisabilitiesinthePriestlyliterature 74 4.4 Summaryofbiblicalsexualdisabilities 75