LEADER 03882cam 2200457 i 4500001 on1385398325 003 OCoLC 005 20240430153552.0 008 230802s2024 pau b 001 0 eng 010 2023032818 020 9781512825176 020 1512825174 |qhardcover 035 (Sirsi) o1385398325 035 (OCoLC)1385398325 040 PU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dMBB |dOCLCO |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 050 00 BM496.9.S48 |bL48 2024 050 4 HQ78 |b.L48 2024 082 00 296.7/4 |223/eng/20230921 100 1 Lev, Sarra, |eauthor. |=^A1467685 245 10 And the sages did not know : |bearly rabbinic approaches to intersex / |cSarra Lev. 264 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : |bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, |c[2024] 300 xii, 375 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Preface -- Notes on usage -- Introduction -- A brief excursus on "Rabbinic Intersex" -- Chapter 1. Frames of reference -- Chapter 2. Deconstructing the binary, or not? -- Chapter 3. The Sui Generis model -- Chapter 4. The uncertainty model: Creating contigency plans -- Chapter 5. The "Non-" model and genre: What a difference wordplay makes -- Chapter 6. The maleness model: Making a male -- Chapter 7. The part/part model: Dissecting the body -- Chapter 8. Encountering an Androginos: The truth of paradox -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements. 520 "This book explores the question: How did the rabbis of the first two centuries CE approach bodies that are born with variant genitals--bodies that they could not identify as definitely male or female? The rabbis had constructed a system in which every behavior was governed by one's sex/gender, posing a conundrum both for people who did not fit into that model and for the rabbinic enterprise itself. Despite this, their texts contain dozens of references to intersex. And the Sages Did Not Know examines the rabbis' legal texts and concludes that they had multiple approaches to intersex people. Sarra Lev analyzes seven different rabbinic responses to this conflict of their own making. Through their rulings on how intersex people should conduct themselves in multiple circumstances, the early rabbis treat intersex people as unidentifiable males or females, as indeterminate, as male, as non-gendered, as sui generis, as part-male/part-female, as a sustainable paradox, and, finally, as a way for them to think about gender, having nothing to do with intersex people themselves. This is the first such work that concentrates primarily on the potential effects of these rabbinic texts on intersex persons themselves rather than focusing on what the texts offer readers whose interest is rabbinic approaches to sex and gender or gender diversity. Although the rabbinic texts do not include the voices of known intersex people, these materials do offer us a window into how one small group of people approached intersex bodies, and how those approaches were both similar to and different from those we recognize today"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Intersexuality |xReligious aspects. |=^A5477 650 0 Intersex people |xReligious aspects. |=^A1012283 650 0 Intersex people |xIdentity. |=^A1304869 650 0 Gender identity |xReligious aspects. |=^A1280129 650 0 Human anatomy in rabbinical literature. |=^A1468068 650 0 Rabbinical literature |xHistory and criticism. |=^A103131 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s69.95 |uJREL |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 6313202