What is it about?
We often hear about men in the Bible who had disabilities but still played major roles in God's plan: Jacob walked with a limp but led a nation, Moses struggled to speak but freed the Israelites, and Paul suffered from a chronic affliction yet shaped Christian thought. But what about women? Disabled women are barely mentioned. When they do appear, it seems their condition must be resolved before they can take part in the story — like Sarah needing to bear a child, or Peter’s mother needing to be healed before she could serve. Why is that? Is there a deeper bias in the biblical text against disabled women? This article explores that question — and what it finds might surprise you.
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Why is it important?
There is not much research on Bible reading through disabled perspectives, though the scholarship on this subject is growing. But there is virtually no research on the intersection of disabled women and the Bible. This article fills that gap!
Perspectives
Learning to read the Bible from different perspectives opens up a world of possibilities to better navigate daily life.
Dr Talitha Cooreman-Guittin
Universite de Fribourg
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This page is a summary of: Y a-t-il dans la Bible un biais « validiste » contre les femmes porteuses de handicap ?, Laval théologique et philosophique, January 2024, Consortium Erudit,
DOI: 10.7202/1113259ar.
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