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Matthew, Disability, and Stress: Examining Impaired Characters in the Context of Empire

  • Hardback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: Fortress Academic
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

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For scholars and students of biblical narratives

Analyzes social stress and character complexities

You will gain deeper insights into biblical healing stories

This book explores healing narratives in Matthew, focusing on impaired characters.

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This book examines four Matthean healing narratives, focusing on the impaired characters in the scenes. Informed by both empire studies and social stress theory, Jillian D. Engelhardt argues that more nuanced characterizations of the impaired characters and their social and somatic circumstances results in ambiguous interpretations.
Matthew, Disability, and Stress: Examining Impaired Characters in the Context of Empire and God, Order, and Chaos
God, Order, and ChaosMatthew, Disability, and Stress: Examining Impaired Characters in the Context of Empire

  • Title

    Matthew, Disability, and Stress: Examining Impaired Characters in the Context of Empire

  • Author

    Jillian D. Engelhardt

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Fortress Academic

  • Published

    December 2022

  • Weight

    514g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781978712034

  • ISBN-10

    1978712030

  • Eden Code

    5891960