03910nam 22006254a 450 991095424890332120241213185345.097866122693259781282269323128226932197802991909340299190935(OCoLC)150427696(CKB)1000000000473450(dli)HEB06618(SSID)ssj0000275090(PQKBManifestationID)11195483(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275090(PQKBWorkID)10340493(PQKB)10051751(MiAaPQ)EBC3444706(Perlego)4410720(EXLCZ)99100000000047345020030915d2004 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrWrestling with God and men homosexuality in the Jewish tradition /Steven Greenberg1st ed.Madison, Wisc. University of Wisconsin Pressc20041 online resource (xii, 304 p. )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299190903 0299190900 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-290) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- Sacred Texts -- Evidence -- Rationales -- Conversations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.For millennia, two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abhorrent that it is punishable by death. Traditionally Orthodox Jews, believing the scripture to be the word of God, have rejected homosexuality in accordance with this interpretation. In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg challenged this tradition when he became the first Orthodox rabbi ever to openly declare his homosexuality. Wrestling with God and Men is the product of Rabbi Greenberg's ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. In this compelling and groundbreaking work, Greenberg challenges long held assumptions of scriptural interpretation and religious identity as he marks a path that is both responsible to human realities and deeply committed to God and Torah. Employing traditional rabbinic resources, Greenberg presents readers with surprising biblical interpretations of the creation story, the love of David and Jonathan, the destruction of Sodom, and the condemning verses of Leviticus. But Greenberg goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable to ask how such relationships can be sacred. In so doing, he draws on a wide array of nonscriptural texts to introduce readers to occasions of same-sex love in Talmudic narratives, medieval Jewish poetry and prose, and traditional Jewish case law literature. Ultimately, Greenberg argues that Orthodox communities must open up debate, dialogue, and discussion-precisely the foundation upon which Jewish law rests-to truly deal with the issue of homosexual love. This book will appeal not only to members of the Orthodox faith but to all religious people struggling to resolve their belief in the scriptures with a desire to make their communities more open and accepting to gay and lesbian members. 2005 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, for Religion/Spirituality ACLS Humanities E-Book.Male homosexualityReligious aspectsJudaismOrthodox JudaismHomosexuality in the BibleMale homosexualityReligious aspectsJudaism.Orthodox Judaism.Homosexuality in the Bible.296.3/66Greenberg Steven1956 June 19-1810231MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954248903321Wrestling with God and men4361466UNINA