The soul of the stranger, reading God and Torah from a transgender perspective, Joy Ladin
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The soul of the stranger, reading God and Torah from a transgender perspective, Joy Ladin
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-174) and index
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contains biographical information
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The soul of the stranger
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bibliography
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1044781358
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Joy Ladin
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HBI series on Jewish women
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reading God and Torah from a transgender perspective
Summary
"Reading some of the best-known Torah stories through the lens of transgender experience, Joy Ladin explores fundamental questions about how religious texts, traditions, and the understanding of God can be enriched by transgender perspectives, and how the Torah and trans lives can illuminate one another. Drawing on her own experience and lifelong reading practice, Ladin shows how the Torah, a collection of ancient texts that assume human beings are either male or female, speaks both to practical transgender concerns, such as marginalization, and to the challenges of living without a body or social role that renders one intelligible to others—challenges that can help us understand a God who defies all human categories"--, Publisher's description
Table of contents
Shipwrecked with God -- The genesis of gender -- Trans experience in the Torah -- Close encounters with an incomprehensible God -- Reading between the binaries -- Knowing the soul of the stranger
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