Epilepsy as Punishment from God: A Disability Reading of 2 and 3 Maccabees
A surprising consensus among scholars working on 3 Maccabees is that the story of Philopator's supernatural intervention appears strikingly similar to an epileptic seizure. Likewise, the same observations have been made by others about Heliodorus's episode in 2 Maccabees. Surprisingly, non...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
Year: 2024, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 21-40 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Makkabäer 2.
/ Maccabean books 3.
/ Epilepsy
/ Heliodor 187 BC-175 BC
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
3 Maccabees
B Heliodorus B Temple B Seizure B 2 Maccabees B Philopator IV |
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