the first stories of Jewish sexual identities Lefkovitz, Lori Hope 1956- creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. mdu Lanham, Md Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ©2010 2010 monographic eng 1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) : illustrations Applying psychoanalytic and gender theory to selected Biblical narratives from Genesis to the Book of Ruth, Lefkovitz interprets the Bible's stories as foundation texts in the development of sexual identities. In Scripture is an exploration of the Biblical origins of a series of unstable ideas about the sexes, human sexuality, family roles, and Jewish sexual identities, in particular, and by extension, changing attitudes towards Jewish men and women. Knowledge and nakedness : Eve in the garden of signs -- Sarah's laughter : matriarchal incoherence and the vexed sign of woman -- Passing as a man : patriarchal gender performances -- Leah behind the veil : sex with sisters from the Bible through Woody Allen -- Coats and tales : Joseph and myths of Jewish masculinity -- Miriam's fluid identity -- Bedrooms and battlefields : command performances of femininity -- Other boundary crossings : of talking beasts and bodies fragmented -- Oy! was that a close call : Ruth and the fundamental Jewish story. Lori Hope Lefkovitz. Includes bibliographical references and index. Criticism, interpretation, etc Criticism, interpretation, etc Gender identity in the Bible Masculinity in the Bible Femininity in the Bible Sex in the Bible RELIGION Judaism Sacred Writings RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament Femininity in the Bible Gender identity in the Bible Masculinity in the Bible Sex in the Bible BS1199.G36 L44 2010eb 221.8/3053 Lefkovitz, Lori Hope, 1956- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010 (DLC) 2009040590 (OCoLC)460059333 9781442203068 1442203064 0742547043 9780742547049 1282480685 9781282480681 248068 MIL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=332880 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=332880 N$T 100907 20200709055302.0 ocn662461533 eng