The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World.

Montserrat, Dominic; Garland, Robert S.J.

doi:10.2307/2169445

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“…Louise Gosbell has brought attention to the fact that people with disabilities often served as performers at symposia . During the Roman Empire it became fashionable among the wealthy to display deviant bodies, and it was a trend to keep slaves with non-normative bodies (Garland, 1995). According to Robert Garland, “the popularity of statuettes and vase-paintings depicting deformed dwarfs, hunch backs and obese women strongly suggests that people of this sort were in high demand as singers, dancers, musicians, jugglers and clowns,” (Garland, 1995, p. 32-33).…”

Section: Meals In Luke and The Ancient Worldmentioning

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“…During the Roman Empire it became fashionable among the wealthy to display deviant bodies, and it was a trend to keep slaves with non-normative bodies (Garland, 1995). According to Robert Garland, “the popularity of statuettes and vase-paintings depicting deformed dwarfs, hunch backs and obese women strongly suggests that people of this sort were in high demand as singers, dancers, musicians, jugglers and clowns,” (Garland, 1995, p. 32-33). The use of slaves with such visible disabilities as symposium entertainers was intended to be humorous and parodic, and the comical effect was highlighted by the use of young, beautiful slaves as table waiters (Garland, 1995).…”

Section: Meals In Luke and The Ancient Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…People with economic means were able to negotiate their impairments very differently than less affluent people (Solevåg, 2018). For example, they could rely on slaves for transportation, nursing, and other menial tasks (Garland, 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In contrast to the sliding scale of chōlos , the term blind, tuflos , usually connotes total sightlessness (Garland, 1995). Many people would lose their eyesight during the course of their lives, due to disease, injury, punishment, or simply old age.…”

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The Ideal Meal: Masculinity and Disability among Host and Guests in Luke

Solevåg,

Kartzow

2023

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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In the Gospel of Luke, the social gathering of the meal appears again and again. It is a setting for Jesus’ interactions as well as a topic of conversation. Drawing on theories of disability and masculinity, this article examines the various meal scenes in Luke 14. The focus is on Jesus’ advice to the host about who to invite and who not to invite when hosting a meal (vv. 12–14). This saying constructs a complex and intersecting web of potential guests. Those that should not be invited, belong to the social world of the privileged man: his brother, friend, relative and rich neighbor. Representing different levels of his radius of trust, they all have something to give back. The preferred guests in Jesus’ parable, however, are those who lack the resources to give anything back, due to bodily disability and lack of means: “The poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind” (Luke 14:14, NRSV). The article thus examines how health, economic ability, and gender intersect. The ideal meal in the Gospel of Luke negotiates the complex social web of the ancient world. We suggest that disability and masculinity are key issues and scrutinize these categories to rethink the social make-up of ideal communities as suggested by Luke.

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Section: Meals In Luke and The Ancient Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%