Either Jews or Gentiles, Men or Women: The Talmudic Move from Legal to Essentialist Polarization of Identities

The rabbinic treatment of various categories demonstrates a growing tendency towards binarization of identity, common to the spheres of gender and ethno-communal boundaries. Examining the tumtum, the androgines and the Samaritan shows a similar move from allowing intermediary categories in earlier t...

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Main Author: Lavi-Levḳovits, Mosheh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Mohr Siebeck [2018]
In: Jewish studies quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 345-367
Further subjects:B Noahides
B DOMINANTIZATION
B Christianity
B Gender
B Talmud
B Acts 15
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