Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible

by Stone, Ken

• ISBN13: 9780829814477
• ISBN10: 0829814477
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Pilgrim Pr

Summary

Queer theory calls for a look at social location, a critique of dominant concepts of sex and gender, and the recognition of potential for political cooperation among diverse groups of people.

Ken Stone explores the nature of queer theory as applied to biblical commentary. The text embodies the tenets of queer theory and thus departs from traditional scholarship.

Seven "queer readings" of the Hebrew Bible form the bulk of the book, followed by three responses. The contributors to this volume show the heterogeneous nature of the field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Abbreviations	p. 8
List of Contributors	p. 9
Queer Commentary and Biblical Interpretation: An Introduction	p. 11
Queer Readings
YHWH as Erastes	p. 36
Yahweh as Top: A Lost Targum	p. 75
Violent Femmes and S/M: Queering Samson and Delilah	p. 106
Lovers and Raisin Cakes: Food, Sex and Divine Insecurity in Hosea	p. 116
The Gift of Voice, the Gift of Tears: A Queer Reading of Lamentations in the Context of AIDS	p. 140
Remembering Pelotit: A Queer Midrash on Calling Down Fire	p. 152
Cruising as Methodology: Homoeroticism and the Scriptures	p. 169
Responses
(Cor)Responding: A Letter to the Editor	p. 182
A Gay Male Ethicist's Response to Queer Readings of the Bible	p. 193
Yahwist Desires: Imagining Divinity Queerly	p. 210
Bibliography	p. 228
Index of References	p. 245
Index of Authors	p. 248
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