In Scripture : The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lefkovitz, Lori Hope.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Femininity in the Bible.

Gender identity in the Bible.

Masculinity in the Bible.

Sex in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Local Subjects:

Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Femininity in the Bible.

Gender identity in the Bible.

Masculinity in the Bible.

Sex in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Applying psychoanalytic and gender theory to selected Biblical narratives from Genesis to the Book of Ruth, Lefkovitz interprets the Bible's stories as foundation texts in the development of sexual identities. In Scripture is an exploration of the Biblical origins of a series of unstable ideas about the sexes, human sexuality, family roles, and Jewish sexual identities, in particular, and by extension, changing attitudes towards Jewish men and women.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Knowledge and Nakedness: Eve in the Garden of Signs; Chapter 02. Sarah's Laughter: Matriarchal Incoherence and the Vexed Sign of Woman; Chapter 03. Passing as a Man: Patriarchal Gender Performances; Chapter 04. Leah Behind the Veil: Sex with Sisters from the Bible through Woody Allen; Chapter 05. Coats and Tales: Joseph and Myths of Jewish Masculinity; Chapter 06. Miriam's Fluid Identity; Chapter 07. Bedrooms and Battlefields: Command Performances of Femininity; Chapter 08. Other Boundary Crossings: Of Talking Beasts and Bodies Fragmented

Chapter 09. Oy! Was That a Close Call: Ruth and the Fundamental Jewish StoryNotes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-48068-5

9786612480683

1-4422-0306-4

OCLC:

700682044