Note: I regret that the full text of my dissertation cannot easily
be put on line,
since it contains so many footnotes and so many Hebrew and Greek texts.
However, the Abstract, Acknowledgements and Bibliography are available
here,
and the full text can be ordered through University
Microfilms Incorporated (order #9816895).
Please also refer to my "Ancient Blindness" webpage for more information.
TABLE OF CONTENTS | Page |
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS | 1 |
A. Understanding Ancient Stories Involving "Blindness" |
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3 11 15 |
CHAPTER 2 - TERMINOLOGICAL ISSUES | 17 |
A. Modern Definitions and Ancient Equivalents1. Literal Meanings of Blindness |
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B. Hebrew Terminology1. Blindness in the Hebrew Bible |
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30
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C. Greek Terminology 1. TUFLOS and Its Derivatives and Synonyms |
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46
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D. Latin Terminology1. Blindness |
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CHAPTER 3 - THE SOCIAL ROLE OF BLIND PEOPLE | 71 |
A. The Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East1. The Prevalence of Blindness in Ancient Israel |
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B. Hellenistic Judaism1. The Septuagint |
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C. The Greco-Roman World1. Congenitally Blind Persons |
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123
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D. The New Testament1. Who is "Blind" in the New Testament? |
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143
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CHAPTER 4 - ATTITUDES TOWARD THE BLIND | 154 |
A. The Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East1. Blindness, Sin, and Punishment |
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B. Hellenistic Judaism1. The Septuagint |
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C. The Greco-Roman World1. The Satirist Lucian |
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D. The New Testament 1. Mark |
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CHAPTER 5 - THE CONGENITALLY BLIND PERSON OF JOHN 9 | 239 |
B. "As he walked along." - The Geographical & Temporal Setting of John 9 C. ".he saw a person blind from birth" - The Youth's Congenital Blindness D. "Rabbi, who sinned, he or his parents.?" - Blindness and Sin in John 9 E. "He spat on the ground and made mud." - Therapeutic Methods in John 9 F. "You are his disciple." - Positive and Negative Role Models G. John & the Synoptics Revisited |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 311 |
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