The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a

The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

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 othersâ‚¬â€¢challenges that can help us understand a God who defies all human categories. These creative, evocative readings transform our understanding of the Torahâ‚¬s portrayals of God, humanity, and relationships between them.
Country USA
Brand Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer Brandeis University Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2018-11-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781512602937

The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective (HBI Series on Jewish Women)