Research Catalog

Title

Jewish perspectives on theology and the human experience of disability / Judith Z. Abrams, William C. Gaventa, editors.

Publication

New York : Haworth Pastoral Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Abrams, Judith Z.
• Gaventa, William C.

Description

xvii, 266 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Uniform Title

Journal of religion, disability & health.

Subject

• Disabilities > Religious aspects > Judaism

Note

• Co-published simultaneously as Journal of religion, disability & health, v. 10, no. 3/4, 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Opening contemplation -- Across the religious spectrum : orthodox, conservative and reform -- Scholarly approaches -- Theology in practice -- Concluding contemplation.
• Ani kan, hakol kan, if I am here, all is here : a contemplation on "defects" & "wholeness" / Bradley Shavit Artson -- Jewish theological approaches to the human experience of disability : a primer for rabbis and rabbinical students / Wallace Greene -- The participation of Jews who are blind in the Torah service / Daniel S. Nevins -- Reform responsa concerning persons with disabilities / introduction by Judith Abrams -- Misconceptions about disabilities in the Hebrew Bible / Judith Z. Abrams -- Jewish perspectives on theology and the human experience of disability : what the rabbis heard : deafness in the Mishnah / Bonnie L. Gracer -- Judaism, theology and the human rights of people with disabilities / Melinda Jones -- "Ledor vador," from generation to generation : one community's response to Jewish genetic diseases / Becca Hornstein -- Executive summery, Minneapolis Jewish community, inclusion program for people with disabilities research report / Claire Buchwald -- What does being Jewish mean to you? : the spiritual needs of Jewish people with learning disabilities and their families / Eve Kuhr Hersov -- Marriage and parenthood among persons with intellectual disability in Jewish law / Isack Kandel, Katherine Bergwerk, Joav Merrick -- The participation of disabled women in the rules of Niddah / Deena R. Zimmerman -- Legal aspects of parenthood among persons with intellectual disability in Israel / Isack Kandel, Katherine Bergwerk, Joav Merrick -- The sages, people with disabilities, and adaptive technology / Robert Brown --Jacob who loves the Sabbath / Bradley Shavit Artson.

Call Number

*PMP 07-1996

ISBN

• 9780789034458 (soft cover : alk. paper)
• 078903445X (soft cover : alk. paper)
• 9780789034441 (hard cover : alk. paper)
• 0789034441 (hard cover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006015776

OCLC

68965688

Title

Jewish perspectives on theology and the human experience of disability / Judith Z. Abrams, William C. Gaventa, editors.

Imprint

New York : Haworth Pastoral Press, c2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents only

Added Author

Abrams, Judith Z.

Gaventa, William C.

Added Title

Journal of religion, disability & health.

Research Call Number

*PMP 07-1996