Dis/ability in Mark : : Representations of Body and Healing in the Gospel Narrative / / Lena Michelle Nogossek-Raithel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Nogossek-Raithel, Lena Michelle,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft , 263
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 326 p.)

The gospel of Mark purposefully employs characters with specific and nuanced representations of dis/ability to portray the unique authority, the engaging message, and the mission of the Markan Jesus.Based on hermeneutical insights from Dis/ability Studies, this monograph is a contribution to the research of culturally and historically normalized corporeality in the biblical scriptures. At the core of the investigation are the healing narratives: passages that explicitly deal with a transformation from a described deviant bodily state to a positively valued corporeality. Lena Nogossek-Raithel not only analyzes the terminological and historical descriptions of these physical phenomena but also investigates their narrative function for the gospel text. The author argues that the images of dis/ability employed are far from accidental. Rather, they significantly influence the narrative’s structure and impact, embody its theological claims, and characterize its protagonist Jesus.With this thorough exegetical analysis, Nogossek-Raithel offers a firm historical foundation for anyone interested in the critical interpretation and theological application of the Markan healing narratives.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Markan Summaric Accounts as Showcases for Markan Dis/ability -- 3 Mark 1: Jesus in a Dis/abled World -- 4 Mark 2:1– 3:6: A Plot in Motion -- 5 Mark 5: The Physical Protagonist between Pathologization and Pistis -- 6 Mark 7:24– 37: Transitional Dis/ability -- 7 Mark 8 – 10: Beyond Dis/ability -- 8 Conclusion: This Is (Not) the End... -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Biblical and Ancient Sources