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....
Άλλοι τίτλοι: | The Bible: Transgender and Genderqueer Perspectives |
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Κύριος συγγραφέας: | |
Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Έκδοση: |
2020
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Στο/Στη: |
Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
Έτος: 2020, Τόμος: 1, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 25-39 |
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Ιούδα (φυλή του Ισραήλ), Βιβλικό πρόσωπο (μοτίβο)
/ Tamar, Schwiegertocher Judas, Biblische Person
/ Bibel. Genesis 38
/ Βιβλική μελέτη
/ Τρανσέξουαλ
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Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | ΗΒ Παλαιά Διαθήκη ΖΒ Κοινωνιολογία |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Transphobia
B Queer interpretation B Queer and gender studies |
Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
Σύνοψη: | 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 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17613/wbs2-qj93 |