Disability and Isaiah's suffering servant /
The 'Suffering Servant' figure in Isaiah 53 has captured the imagination of readers since very early in the history of biblical interpretation. Most interpreters understand the servant as an otherwise able-bodied person who suffers. By contrast, this study shows that Isaiah 53 describes th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Biblical refigurations.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The 'Suffering Servant' figure in Isaiah 53 has captured the imagination of readers since very early in the history of biblical interpretation. Most interpreters understand the servant as an otherwise able-bodied person who suffers. By contrast, this study shows that Isaiah 53 describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Near Eastern literature. It traces both the disappearance of the servant's disability from the interpretative history of Isaiah 53 and the scholarly creation of the able-bodied suffering servant. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 168 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191806575 0191806579 9780191619823 0191619825 |