Jillian D. Engelhardt (PhD., Brite Divinity School) currently works for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and adjuncts at Texas Christian University.

[Engelhardt’s] novel and ambitious project helpfully corrects the commentary tradition’s failure to consider holistically the impaired characters of Matthew’s healing narratives. I empathize with and laud Engelhardt’s desire to give these impaired, often-neglected characters agency and voice. Such informed, sensitive, and nuanced scriptural readings bolster biblical theologies that more fulsomely reflect these concerns within contemporary religious communities.

• 1. Locating an Impairment-Focused Reading2. Foundations for Investigation3. Rome’s Disabling Slave System (Matthew 8:5–13)4. Demons and Colonization (Matthew 8:28–34)5. The Labor Market, Poverty, and Impairment (Matthew 12:9–14)6. Women, Families, and Grief (Matthew 15:21–28)7. Conclusion

Jillian D. Engelhardt (PhD., Brite Divinity School) currently works for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and adjuncts at Texas Christian University.

[Engelhardt’s] novel and ambitious project helpfully corrects the commentary tradition’s failure to consider holistically the impaired characters of Matthew’s healing narratives. I empathize with and laud Engelhardt’s desire to give these impaired, often-neglected characters agency and voice. Such informed, sensitive, and nuanced scriptural readings bolster biblical theologies that more fulsomely reflect these concerns within contemporary religious communities.

• 1. Locating an Impairment-Focused Reading2. Foundations for Investigation3. Rome’s Disabling Slave System (Matthew 8:5–13)4. Demons and Colonization (Matthew 8:28–34)5. The Labor Market, Poverty, and Impairment (Matthew 12:9–14)6. Women, Families, and Grief (Matthew 15:21–28)7. Conclusion

Jillian D. Engelhardt (PhD., Brite Divinity School) currently works for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and adjuncts at Texas Christian University.

[Engelhardt’s] novel and ambitious project helpfully corrects the commentary tradition’s failure to consider holistically the impaired characters of Matthew’s healing narratives. I empathize with and laud Engelhardt’s desire to give these impaired, often-neglected characters agency and voice. Such informed, sensitive, and nuanced scriptural readings bolster biblical theologies that more fulsomely reflect these concerns within contemporary religious communities.

• 1. Locating an Impairment-Focused Reading2. Foundations for Investigation3. Rome’s Disabling Slave System (Matthew 8:5–13)4. Demons and Colonization (Matthew 8:28–34)5. The Labor Market, Poverty, and Impairment (Matthew 12:9–14)6. Women, Families, and Grief (Matthew 15:21–28)7. Conclusion