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The soul of the stranger : reading God and Torah from a transgender perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ladin, Joy, 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2019]
Series:HBI series on Jewish women.
Subjects:
Bible > Transgender interpretations.
Ladin, Joy, > 1961-
Bible.
God (Judaism) > Attributes.
God (Judaism) > Knowableness.
Gender identity in the Bible.
Gender nonconformity > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Jewish transgender people > Religious life > United States.
Transgender people > Religious life > United States.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: shipwrecked with God
  • The genesis of gender
  • Trans experience in the Torah
  • Close encounters with an incomprehensible God
  • Reading between the binaries
  • Knowing the soul of the stranger.