Jacob's Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel

by Theodore W. Jennings Jr.

The very suggestion that there may be homoeroticism in Hebrew narrative may seem odd given the supposition that the religion and culture of ancient Israel resolutely opposed same sex erotic relationships. The apparent prohibition of homosexuality in Leviticus and the story of Sodom from Genesis have been made to speak for the whole Hebrew Bible. The oddity of this situation has not been lost on some interpreters who have recognized that the story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826417124
• ISBN13: 9780826417121
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"