UID:
almahu_9949481280402882
Format:
1 online resource (262 p.)
ISBN:
9780520382060
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9783110993899
Content:
Trans Talmud places eunuchs and androgynes at the center of rabbinic literature and asks what we can learn from them about Judaism and the project of transgender history. Rather than treating these figures as anomalies to be justified or explained away, Max K. Strassfeld argues that they profoundly shaped ideas about law, as the rabbis constructed intricate taxonomies of gender across dozens of texts to understand an array of cultural tensions. Showing how rabbis employed eunuchs and androgynes to define proper forms of masculinity, Strassfeld emphasizes the unique potential of these figures to not only establish the boundary of law but exceed and transform it. Trans Talmud challenges how we understand gender in Judaism and demonstrates that acknowledging nonbinary gender prompts a reassessment of Jewish literature and law.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1 Transing Late Antiquity: The Politics of the Study of Eunuchs and Androgynes --
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2 The Gendering of Law: The Androgyne and the Hybrid Animal in Bikkurim --
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3 Sex with Androgynes --
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4 Transing the Eunuch: Kosher and Damaged Masculinity --
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5 Eunuch Temporality: The Saris and the Aylonit --
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Conclusion: Rereading the Rabbis (Again) --
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Bibliography --
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Glossary --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110992915
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110992878
In:
University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766493
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520382053
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520382060
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520382060?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520382060
