LEADER 03910nam 22006254a 450 001 9910954248903321 005 20241213185345.0 010 $a9786612269325 010 $a9781282269323 010 $a1282269321 010 $a9780299190934 010 $a0299190935 035 $a(OCoLC)150427696 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473450 035 $a(dli)HEB06618 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275090 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195483 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275090 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10340493 035 $a(PQKB)10051751 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444706 035 $a(Perlego)4410720 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473450 100 $a20030915d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWrestling with God and men $ehomosexuality in the Jewish tradition /$fSteven Greenberg 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wisc. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 304 p. ) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780299190903 311 08$a0299190900 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-290) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- Sacred Texts -- Evidence -- Rationales -- Conversations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 8 $aFor millennia, two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abhorrent that it is punishable by death. Traditionally Orthodox Jews, believing the scripture to be the word of God, have rejected homosexuality in accordance with this interpretation. In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg challenged this tradition when he became the first Orthodox rabbi ever to openly declare his homosexuality. Wrestling with God and Men is the product of Rabbi Greenberg's ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. In this compelling and groundbreaking work, Greenberg challenges long held assumptions of scriptural interpretation and religious identity as he marks a path that is both responsible to human realities and deeply committed to God and Torah. Employing traditional rabbinic resources, Greenberg presents readers with surprising biblical interpretations of the creation story, the love of David and Jonathan, the destruction of Sodom, and the condemning verses of Leviticus. But Greenberg goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable to ask how such relationships can be sacred. In so doing, he draws on a wide array of nonscriptural texts to introduce readers to occasions of same-sex love in Talmudic narratives, medieval Jewish poetry and prose, and traditional Jewish case law literature. Ultimately, Greenberg argues that Orthodox communities must open up debate, dialogue, and discussion-precisely the foundation upon which Jewish law rests-to truly deal with the issue of homosexual love. This book will appeal not only to members of the Orthodox faith but to all religious people struggling to resolve their belief in the scriptures with a desire to make their communities more open and accepting to gay and lesbian members. 2005 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, for Religion/Spirituality 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aMale homosexuality$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aOrthodox Judaism 606 $aHomosexuality in the Bible 615 0$aMale homosexuality$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aOrthodox Judaism. 615 0$aHomosexuality in the Bible. 676 $a296.3/66 700 $aGreenberg$b Steven$f1956 June 19-$01810231 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954248903321 996 $aWrestling with God and men$94361466 997 $aUNINA