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âCan You Hear Me Now?â¦Good!â: A Deaf Adder and the Inversion of Disability Imagery in Psalm 58:5â6
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This article explores the use of deaf imagery in Psalm 58 through a cultural model of disability and a historicist approach to highlight the unique rhetorical function of disability imagery within the psalm. In the Hebrew Bible, deafness is typically an affliction to be avoided, and deaf groups typically need Yahwehâs protection along with other disabled groups. In Psalm 58, however, an adder representing wicked people who oppose the psalmistâs community voluntarily disables itself to better withstand the efforts of those who would try to neutralize its threat. For the adder, disability is a source of strength, not weakness. For the psalmistâs community, however, disability is still a problem which necessitates crying out to Yahweh for relief. The use of deaf imagery within this text highlights the contrast between Yahweh, who is righteous and fully-abled, and the wicked/their foreign deities, who judge unfairly and who are depicted as disabled.
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âCan You Hear Me Now?â¦Good!â: A Deaf Adder and the Inversion of Disability Imagery in Psalm 58:5â6
in Biblical InterpretationSearch for other papers by Kevin Scott in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
This article explores the use of deaf imagery in Psalm 58 through a cultural model of disability and a historicist approach to highlight the unique rhetorical function of disability imagery within the psalm. In the Hebrew Bible, deafness is typically an affliction to be avoided, and deaf groups typically need Yahwehâs protection along with other disabled groups. In Psalm 58, however, an adder representing wicked people who oppose the psalmistâs community voluntarily disables itself to better withstand the efforts of those who would try to neutralize its threat. For the adder, disability is a source of strength, not weakness. For the psalmistâs community, however, disability is still a problem which necessitates crying out to Yahweh for relief. The use of deaf imagery within this text highlights the contrast between Yahweh, who is righteous and fully-abled, and the wicked/their foreign deities, who judge unfairly and who are depicted as disabled.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 908 | 167 | 16 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 105 | 17 | 1 |
| PDF-Downloads | 253 | 33 | 3 |
