LEADER 02737nam 2200433 450 001 9910724315103321 005 20240111211334.0 010 $a0-520-39120-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520391208 035 $a(CKB)26858491800041 035 $a(NjHacI)9926858491800041 035 $a(DE-B1597)642416 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520391208 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926858491800041 100 $a20230801d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhen a human gives birth to a raven $erabbis and the reproduction of species /$fRafael Rachel Neis 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) 311 $a9780520391192 327 $aIntroduction -- Note on rabbinic sources and translations -- Difference -- Multiplicity -- Menagerie -- Hybrid -- Generation -- Epilogue. 330 $a"This book investigates rabbinic treatises relating to animals, humans, and other lifeforms. Through an original analysis of creaturely generation and species classification by late ancient Palestinian rabbis and other thinkers in the Roman empire, Rafael Rachel Neis shows how rabbis blurred the lines between the human and other beings. This they did even as they were intent on classifying creatures and delineating the contours of the human. Recognizing that life proliferates via multiple mechanisms beyond sexual copulation between two heterosexual 'male' and 'female' individuals of the same species, the rabbis produced intricate alternatives. This expansive view of generation included humans. Likewise, in parsing the variety of creatures, the rabbis attended to the overlaps and resemblances across seemingly distinct species, upsetting in turn unmitigated claims of human distinctiveness. Intervening in conversations in animal studies, queer theory, trans theory, and feminist science studies, When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven provincializes sacrosanct ideals of reproduction in favor of a broader range of generation, kinship, and species offering powerful historical alternatives to the paradigms associated with so-called traditional ideas"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAnimals in rabbinical literature 606 $aSex in rabbinical literature 615 0$aAnimals in rabbinical literature. 615 0$aSex in rabbinical literature. 676 $a296.3/693 700 $aNeis$b Rafael Rachel$01375120 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910724315103321 996 $aWhen a human gives birth to a raven$93409237 997 $aUNINA