The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective - Couverture souple

Ladin, Joy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1512602930 ISBN 13 : 9781512602937

Editeur : Brandeis University Press, 2018

Synopsis

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. These creative, evocative readings transform our understanding of the Torah's portrayals of God, humanity, and relationships between them.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joy Ladin holds the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College of Yeshiva University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brandeis University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1512602930
• ISBN 13: 9781512602937
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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