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Gerhard Casper Lecture
Traditional Jewish Literature and Trans Politics
Ancient Jewish texts contain a variety of sex and gender categories that profoundly shaped Jewish ideas about law and gender. Eunuchs and androgynes, for example, allow for the possibilities of existence beyond a simple binary. In this talk, Max K. Strassfeld argues that these historical Judaic texts can prompt a radical reassessment of contemporary narratives about the relationship among religion, gender, and law. Such venerable rabbinic sources, they suggest, can help counter the so-called traditional claims of Judeo-Christian ideas of binary gender.
08
Oct 24
Gender Studies
08.10.2024 Add to iCal
19:30
- 21:00
American Academy in Berlin
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin-Wannsee
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin-Wannsee
Speaker: Max K. Strassfeld
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