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Katy E. Valentine

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Reading the Slave Girl of Acts 16:16-18 in Light of Enslavement and Disability

Biblical Interpretation August 27, 2018 Katy E. Valentine 5 citations

Abstract This article analyzes the story of the exorcism of the slave girl in Acts 16:16-18 in light of recent studies in the field of disability. I show that the ancient world considered spirit possession to be a disability, and the slave girl is doubly vulnerable as one both possessed and enslaved. Her oracular status, however, gave her a limited amount of authority in her context, which was...