TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abrams,Judith Z
TI  - Judaism and disability: portrayals in ancient texts from the Tanach through the Bavli 
SN  - 9781563680687
AV  - BS1199 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Washington, District of Columbia
PB  - Gallaudet University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - People with disabilities in the Bible
KW  - People with disabilities in rabbinical literature
KW  - People with disabilities (Jewish law)
KW  - Capacity and disability (Jewish law)
KW  - Rabbinical literature
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 1 (pages 219-224 pages) and index; Introduction --; Priestly Perfection --; Persons with Disabilities, Symbolism, and Collective Israel --; Disabilities, Atonement, and Individuals --; Body, Soul, and Society --; Categorization, Disabilities, and Persons with Disabilities --; The River Flows On; 2
N2  - 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
ER  -