Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
AJS Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
43,1 (2019) 67-104
Keywords:
Joseph In rabbinical literature
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
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Bible. Gay interpretations
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Midrash rabbah. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Sex in rabbinical literature
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Characters and characteristics in the Bible
Abstract:
This article explores rabbinic traditions that see in the character of Joseph a figure of uncertain sexual orientation. I examine a series of rabbinic and biblical texts in which an unconventional gender dynamic may be present. While it is true that these biblical and rabbinic texts ran contrary to the normative ideational and behaviorally prescriptive traditions concerning sexuality presented by the main body of biblical and rabbinic texts, it is nonetheless true that the texts I examine invite readers to see an alternative dynamic through their stories. I will employ a variety of methodologies, including philological/critical scholarship, close literary reading, and queer theory, through which we might most profitably examine the interpretative traditions I consider.
DOI:
10.1017/S0364009419000035
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