William
Gaventa. Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of
Disability. New York: Routledge, 2006.
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A re-examination of Jewish scripture and teachings about disabilities
Few people are untouched by the issue of disability, whether personally or through a friend or relative. Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of Disability shares moving insights from around the world and across the broad spectrum of Judaism on how and why the Jewish community is incomplete without the presence and participation of the disabled. Authors representing each of the three main movements of Judaism—Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform—examine theology, scripture, ethics, practical theology, religious education, and personal experience to understand and apply the lessons and wisdom of the past to issues of the present.
Authors from Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia reflect on their theological understandings of specific disabilities and on disability as a whole. Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of Disability re-examines tradition, teachings, and beliefs to shatter stereotypes of Judaism and common interpretations of scripture. This unique book addresses several disabilities (blindness, deafness, intellectual disabilities, autism, learning disabilities), and a wide range of topics, including human rights and disabilities, Jewish laws concerning niddah, misconceptions about disabilities in the Hebrew Bible, Jewish community programs to include people with disabilities, and the need to educate American Jews about Jewish genetic diseases.
Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of Disability examines:
- three methods that allow Jews who are blind to participate in the Torah service
- the spiritual needs of people with learning disabilities
- the attitude of Jewish Law toward marriage and parenthood on people with intellectual disabilities
- how the rabbis of the Mishnah incorporated Greco-Roman beliefs about the connections between hearing, speech, and intelligence into Jewish law
- a sampling of opinions issued on matters concerning disabilities by the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
- how the Jewish sages have made participation by people with disabilities possible
- and much more
Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of Disability also includes reviews of Judaism and Disability: Portrayals in Ancient Texts from the Tanach through the Bavil and Disability in Jewish Law, as well as comprehensive resource collections. This book is an essential read for clergy and lay leaders involved in the support of people with disabilities, for the families of people with disabilities, and for anyone working with the disabled.
🕍 重新审视犹太教经典与对残障的教义理解
几乎每个人都与残障议题有所接触，无论是自身经历，或是亲友的情况。《犹太教视角下的神学与人类残障体验》（Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of Disability）汇集了来自全球、涵盖犹太教三大主要派别——正统派、保守派与改革派——的深刻见解，强调没有残障者的参与，犹太社群是不完整的。
📚 跨地域与教派的神学反思
来自以色列、美国、英国与澳大利亚的作者探讨特定残障类型与整体残障议题的神学理解，重新审视传统教义与信仰，打破对犹太教及其经典的刻板印象。书中涵盖的残障类型包括：视障、听障、智力障碍、自闭症与学习障碍。
📖 探讨主题包括：
残障与人权
关于女性月经洁净法（niddah）的犹太法律
希伯来圣经中对残障的误解
犹太社群包容残障者的项目
教育美国犹太人认识犹太遗传疾病的必要性
🕯️ 具体研究内容包括：
三种让视障犹太人参与诵读妥拉仪式的方法
学习障碍者的灵性需求
犹太法律对智力障碍者婚姻与育儿的态度
米示拿时代的拉比如何将希腊-罗马关于听觉、言语与智力的观念融入犹太法律
美国改革派拉比中央会议（CCAR）回应残障议题的教义意见选摘
犹太圣贤如何使残障者得以参与宗教生活
📚 附录与资源
本书还评介了《犹太教与残障：从塔纳赫到巴比伦塔木德的古代文本描绘》与《犹太法律中的残障》两部作品，并提供详尽的资源汇编。它是宗教领袖、残障者家庭成员，以及所有从事残障支持工作的人员不可或缺的参考读物。
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