02088nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10496301 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090930s2010 mdua sb 001 0 eng d 2009040590 9780742547049 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742547056 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781442203068 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)662461533 BS1199.G36 L44 2010eb 221.8/3053 22 Lefkovitz, Lori Hope, 1956- In Scripture [electronic resource] : the first stories of Jewish sexual identities / Lori Hope Lefkovitz. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2010. xii, 191 p. : ill. First paperback edition 2011. Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index. Knowledge and nakedness : Eve in the garden of signs -- Sarah's laughter : matriarchal incoherence and the vexed sign of woman -- Passing as a man : patriarchal gender performances -- Leah behind the veil : sex with sisters from the Bible through Woody Allen -- Coats and tales : Joseph and myths of Jewish masculinity -- Miriam's fluid identity -- Bedrooms and battlefields : command performances of femininity -- Other boundary crossings : of talking beasts and bodies fragmented -- Oy! was that a close call : Ruth and the fundamental Jewish story. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Gender identity in the Bible. Masculinity in the Bible. Femininity in the Bible. Sex in the Bible. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10496301 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 230963 230963