Wrestling With God And Men: Homosexuality In The Jewish Tradition -

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University of Wisconsin Press, February 2005. Paperback. Used - Very Good.

For millennia, two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abhorrent that it is punishable by death. Traditionally Orthodox Jews, believing the scripture to be the word of God, have rejected homosexuality in accordance with this interpretation. In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg challenged this tradition when he became the first Orthodox rabbi ever to openly declare his homosexuality.
Wrestling with God and Men is the product of Rabbi Greenberg's ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. In this compelling and groundbreaking work, Greenberg challenges long held assumptions of scriptural interpretation and religious identity as he marks a path that is both responsible to human realities and deeply committed to God and Torah. Employing traditional rabbinic resources, Greenberg presents readers with surprising biblical interpretations of the creation story, the love of David and Jonathan, the destruction of Sodom, and the condemning verses of Leviticus.… Read More

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Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. updated edition. 316 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg became the first Orthodox rabbi to declare his homosexuality. This book is the result of his ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. Using traditional rabbinic resources, he goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable, to ask how such relationships can be sacred.

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