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.
0299190900
Male homosexuality--Religious aspects--Judaism Orthodox Judaism Homosexuality