Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible

In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific portion assigned each week. Following on this ancient tradition, Torah Queeries brings together some of the world's leading rabbis, scholars, and writers to interpret the Torah through a "bent lens." This incredibly rich collection unites the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight-allied writers, including some of the most central figures in contemporary American Judaism. All bring to the table unique methods of reading and interpreting that allow the Torah to speak to modern concerns of sexuality, identity, gender, and LGBT life. Torah Queeries offers cultural critique, social commentary, and a vision of community transformation, all done through biblical interpretation. Written to engage readers, draw them in, and at times provoke them, Torah Queeries charts a future of inclusion and social justice deeply rooted in the Jewish textual tradition.

A labor of intellectual rigor, social justice, and personal passions, Torah Queeries is an exciting and important contribution to the project of democratizing Jewish communities, and an essential guide to understanding the intersection of queerness and Jewishness.

Author: Gregg Drinkwater
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 08/22/2012
Pages: 349
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780814769775
ISBN10: 0814769772
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- Social Science | Discrimination

About the Author
Gregg Drinkwater (Editor)
Gregg Drinkwater is Director for Special Projects at Keshet, an organization working for the full inclusion of LGBT Jews in Jewish life.

Joshua Lesser (Editor)
Joshua Lesser is the rabbi of Bet Haverim in Atlanta, Georgia, and the founder of the Rainbow Center: A Jewish Response to LGBT people and their families.

David Shneer (Editor)
David Shneer is Director of the Program in Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Judith Plaskow (Foreword by)
Judith Plaskow is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Manhattan College.