A transgender gaze at Genesis 38
While queer interpretation of the Hebrew Bible has begun to flourish, readings which focus particularly on trans and gender-diverse experiences remain lacking. In this article, I offer a trans reading of Gen 38, the Judah and Tamar narrative, drawing the text into dialogue with a trans hermeneutic....
| Subtitles: | The Bible: Transgender and Genderqueer Perspectives |
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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| In: |
Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
Year: 2020, 卷: 1, 發布: 2, Pages: 25-39 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
猶大, 聖經人物
/ Tamar, Schwiegertocher Judas, Biblische Person
/ Bibel. Genesis 38
/ 讀經
/ 跨性別
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Transphobia
B Queer interpretation B Queer and gender studies |
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| 總結: | While queer interpretation of the Hebrew Bible has begun to flourish, readings which focus particularly on trans and gender-diverse experiences remain lacking. In this article, I offer a trans reading of Gen 38, the Judah and Tamar narrative, drawing the text into dialogue with a trans hermeneutic. This allows me to reflect on trans and gender-diverse experiences while also shedding new light on the biblical narrative. In the course of this reading, I focus on three narrative aspects which I believe are particularly relevant to trans and gender-diverse lives: Tamar’s precarity, her engagement in sex work, and the complexity of her motives for doing so. This reading is intended to counter transphobic uses of the Bible, contributing to a growing body of trans affirmative biblical studies and providing some new answers to questions about the text. |
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| ISSN: | 2633-0695 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17613/wbs2-qj93 |
