Jewish Theological Approaches to the Human Experience of Disability: A Primer for Rabbis and Rabbinical Students
Jewish theology is firmly committed to enabling all those whom society has disenfranchised. The widow, the orphan, and the wayfarer are but paradigms for all those who cannot fend for themselves. Rabbis and educators can be the change agents for these populations by internalizing the values that Jud...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2007
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Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2007, Volume: 10, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 9-25 |
Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Theological Education B Jewish Theology B LEARNING disabilities |
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Summary: | Jewish theology is firmly committed to enabling all those whom society has disenfranchised. The widow, the orphan, and the wayfarer are but paradigms for all those who cannot fend for themselves. Rabbis and educators can be the change agents for these populations by internalizing the values that Judaism espouses. The examples chosen relate primarily to learning disabilities, but conceptually their underlying principles apply to all disabilities. |
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ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1300/J095v10n03_03 |