In Scripture
The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2010
204 pages
978-1-4422-0306-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-0306-8 (9781442203068)
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Person
Lori Hope Lefkovitz holds the Ruderman Chair in Jewish Studies at Northeastern University, where she directs the Jewish Studies Program.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Knowledge and Nakedness: Eve in the Garden of Signs
Chapter 2: Sarah's Laughter: Matriarchal Incoherence and the Vexed Sign of Woman
Chapter 3: Passing as a Man: Patriarchal Gender Performances
Chapter 4: Leah Behind the Veil: Sex with Sisters from the Bible through Woody Allen
Chapter 5: Coats and Tales: Joseph and Myths of Jewish Masculinity
Chapter 6: Miriam's Fluid Identity
Chapter 7: Bedrooms and Battlefields: Command Performances of Femininity
Chapter 8: Bodies Politic: Violence and Mediated Boundaries
Chapter 9: Oy! Was that a Close Call: Ruth and the Fundamental Jewish Story
Introduction
Chapter 1: Knowledge and Nakedness: Eve in the Garden of Signs
Chapter 2: Sarah's Laughter: Matriarchal Incoherence and the Vexed Sign of Woman
Chapter 3: Passing as a Man: Patriarchal Gender Performances
Chapter 4: Leah Behind the Veil: Sex with Sisters from the Bible through Woody Allen
Chapter 5: Coats and Tales: Joseph and Myths of Jewish Masculinity
Chapter 6: Miriam's Fluid Identity
Chapter 7: Bedrooms and Battlefields: Command Performances of Femininity
Chapter 8: Bodies Politic: Violence and Mediated Boundaries
Chapter 9: Oy! Was that a Close Call: Ruth and the Fundamental Jewish Story
