Judaism and disability

Description:

Judaism and Disability delves into all of the ancient texts and their explications, including the Tanach, the Hebrew acronym for the Jewish Bible, the Mishnah, considered the foundation of rabbinic literature, and the Bavli, the Babylonian Talmud. Instead of imposing a contemporary consciousness upon these archaic works, this carefully researched book presents their viewpoints as written, in an effort to understand why they expressed the sensibilities that they did.

subjects: Bible,  Capacity and disability (Jewish law),  Criticism, interpretation,  History and criticism,  Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law),  People with disabilities,  People with disabilities in rabbinical literature,  People with disabilities in the Bible,  Rabbinical literature,  People with disabilities (Jewish law),  Judaism, works to 1900,  People with disabilities, religious life,  Judaism, customs and practices,  Judaism and social problems