In Scripture
Subtitle: the first stories of Jewish sexual identities
By: Lori Hope Lefkovitz.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780742547049; 9781442203068
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Gender identity in the Bible; Masculinity in the Bible; Femininity in the Bible; Sex in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Knowledge and nakedness : Eve in the garden of signs; title: Sarah's laughter : matriarchal incoherence and the vexed sign of woman; title: Passing as a man : patriarchal gender performances; title: Leah behind the veil : sex with sisters from the Bible through Woody Allen; title: Coats and tales : Joseph and myths of Jewish masculinity; title: Miriam's fluid identity; title: Bedrooms and battlefields : command performances of femininity; title: Other boundary crossings : of talking beasts and bodies fragmented; title: Oy! was that a close call : Ruth and the fundamental Jewish story.