Wrestling with God and men : homosexuality in the Jewish tradition /

Greenberg, Steven

Wrestling with God and men : homosexuality in the Jewish tradition / Steven Greenberg. - Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004. - 304 p.; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The birth of gender and desire -- The sons of God, Ham, and the Sodomites -- Leviticus -- Lesbian omissions -- Princely love -- Rabbinic heroes -- The queer Middle Ages -- The legal literature -- Rav Moshe and the problem of why -- The rationale of reproduction -- The rationale of social disruption -- The rationale of category confusion -- The rationale of humiliation and violence -- Admitting difference -- Welcoming synagogues.

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Male homosexuality--Religious aspects--Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
Homosexuality

BM 729 .H65 / G74 2004
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