“And They Shall Eat Until They Are Satisfied:” Critical Disability Theory and Widows, Orphans, Aliens, and Levites in the Book of Deuteronomy

Authors

Cheryl Strimple, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow

Abstract

This dissertation considers the construction of widows, orphans, aliens, and Levites in deuteronomic law. Making use of multiple methodologies, literary criticism, Disability Studies, and food and foodway studies, this study argues that, in Deuteronomy, the members of the formulaic reference, “the alien, the orphan, and the widow,” often associated with “the Levite” operate as cultic functionaries and participate in cultic meals in order to secure stability and continuing abundance in the land for all of Israel.

Degree Date

Summer 8-6-2019

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Department

Religious Studies

Advisor

Roy L. Heller

Second Advisor

Richard D. Nelson

Third Advisor

Serge Frolov

Fourth Advisor

Jeremy Schipper

Subject Area

Religion

Number of Pages

243

Format

.pdf

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Recommended Citation

Strimple, Cheryl, "“And They Shall Eat Until They Are Satisfied:” Critical Disability Theory and Widows, Orphans, Aliens, and Levites in the Book of Deuteronomy" (2019). Religious Studies Theses and Dissertations. 15.
https://scholar.smu.edu/religious_studies_etds/15