Queering the Text
Biblical, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Stories
- World Religions
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Queering the Text: Biblical, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Stories grapples with traditional midrashim, plays with homoerotic love poems from medieval Spain, and envisions alternate versions of the present. Inspired by the pioneering work of Jewish feminists, using the same narrative tools as the rabbis of old, Ramer has crafted stories that anchor queer lives in the three-thousand-year-old history of the Jewish people.
Endorsements (6)
“There are satirical flourishes that put one in mind of Jonathan Swift.... Ramer's [work] infused as it is with a queer imprimatur, is a delightful, even surprising read, perfect for those sporadic moods when you want to queer the text.”
“Ramer reads sacred texts and the historical experiences of medieval Jews with a bold, penetrating gaze that opens us up to the reality that Jews have always been queer. With brilliant chutzpah, he claims ownership of our traditions for us all.”
“Andrew Ramer claims one of the goals of this book is to prevent others from feeling like they have to wander in the wilderness seeking to find a spiritual home in our tradition. To me the richness here is joining Ramer on the wandering. Reading him is like following a diviner into the desert only to discover that he is miraculously able to find water buried deep beneath the layers. Drinking from the waters of his discoveries in the text is to understand how our tradition is compared to m’kor chayim, living waters.”
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