CHAPTER ONE
Claiming Disability

CHAPTER TWO
Grappling with the Bible: Gender, Disability, and God

CHAPTER THREE
Hiddenness and Visibility: Passing and Presenting as Disabled

CHAPTER FOUR
Ableism: The Social-Political Dimension of Disability

CHAPTER FIVE
Priestly Blemishes: Talking Back to the Bible’s Ideal Bodies

CHAPTER SIX
Moses: Portrait of a Disabled Prophet

CHAPTER SEVEN
The Land You Cannot Enter: Longing, Loss, and Other Inaccessible Terrain

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Perils of Healing

CHAPTER NINE
Isaac’s Blindness: The Complexity of Trust

CHAPTER TEN
Jacob and the Angel: Wheels, Wings, and the Brilliance of Disability Difference

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Politics of Beauty: Disability and Desire

CHAPTER TWELVE
The Radical Practice of Rest: Shabbat Values and Disability Justice

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
God on Wheels: Disability Theology

Glossary of Jewish Terms
Acknowledgments
A Note on Translation
Notes
Index

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE
Claiming Disability

CHAPTER TWO
Grappling with the Bible: Gender, Disability, and God

CHAPTER THREE
Hiddenness and Visibility: Passing and Presenting as Disabled

CHAPTER FOUR
Ableism: The Social-Political Dimension of Disability

CHAPTER FIVE
Priestly Blemishes: Talking Back to the Bible’s Ideal Bodies

CHAPTER SIX
Moses: Portrait of a Disabled Prophet

CHAPTER SEVEN
The Land You Cannot Enter: Longing, Loss, and Other Inaccessible Terrain

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Perils of Healing

CHAPTER NINE
Isaac’s Blindness: The Complexity of Trust

CHAPTER TEN
Jacob and the Angel: Wheels, Wings, and the Brilliance of Disability Difference

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Politics of Beauty: Disability and Desire

CHAPTER TWELVE
The Radical Practice of Rest: Shabbat Values and Disability Justice

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
God on Wheels: Disability Theology

Glossary of Jewish Terms
Acknowledgments
A Note on Translation
Notes
Index

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