Wrestling with God and Men Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition

Name: Wrestling with God and Men Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition
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ISBN: 9780299190941

ISBN-10: 0299190943

ISBN-13: 9780299190941

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Authors: Steven Greenberg

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nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;For millennia, two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abhorrent that it is punishable by death. Traditionally Orthodox Jews, believing the scripture to be the word of God, have rejected homosexuality in accordance with this interpretation. In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg challenged this tradition when he became the first Orthodox rabbi ever to openly declare his homosexuality. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Wrestling with God and Men is the product of Rabbi Greenberg’s ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. In this compelling and groundbreaking work, Greenberg challenges long held assumptions of scriptural interpretation…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 2/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Author's Note


Introduction


Sacred Texts



The Birth of Gender and Desire



The Sons of God, Ham, and the Sodomites



Leviticus



Lesbian Omissions


Evidence



Princely Love



Rabbinic Heroes



The Queer Middle Ages



The Legal Literature



Rav Moshe and the Problem of Why


Rationales



The Rationale of Reproduction



The Rationale of Social Disruption



The Rationale of Category Confusion



The Rationale of Humiliation and Violence


Conversations



Admitting Difference



Welcoming Synagogues


Notes


Bibliography


Index