Disability and New Testament Studies

Reflections, Trajectories, and Possibilities

Bibliographic Data

ID7537141
AuthorsIsaac T Soon (0000-0003-4708-2384, Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume25
Issue4
Pages374-387
Publication date2021-04-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability & Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2331-2521 • E-ISSN: 2331-253X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23312521.2021.1911737
OpenAlexW3158469441
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

This article offers a survey and assessment of the state of New Testament scholarship and disability studies. It provides some critical reflections on the current trends and trajectories of the field and potential futures for it to progress further. While some work has been done on the Catholic Epistles, Revelation, and Paul, the majority of focus has been on the canonical Gospels. Studies often encompass meta-critical, historical, literary, or theological focuses. A number of problems have been raised, such as the question of lived disabled experience in antiquity, anachronism, and ableism within the field itself. Still, there are a number of potential futures for the field, especially in dialogue with adjacent fields to biblical studies like second temple Jewish studies and classics

Ableism · Anachronism · Biblical studies · Disability studies · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Futures contract · New Testament · Political science · Politics · Revelation · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · Theology and Canon Law Studies

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