ISBN:
9780520382060
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (262 p.)
Year of publication:
2022
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Strassfeld, Max K., 1976 - Trans Talmud
Keywords:
Androgyny (Psychology) Religious aspects
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Eunuchs Religious aspects
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Gender nonconformity Religious aspects
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Judaism
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Masculinity Religious aspects
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Judaism
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Sex in rabbinical literature
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HISTORY / Ancient / General
Abstract:
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
Note:
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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In English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520382060
