{"product_id":"wrestling-with-god-and-men-homosexuality-in-the-jewish-tradition","title":"Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor millennia  two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abhorrent that it is punishable by death. Traditionally Orthodox Jews  believing the scripture to be the word of God  have rejected homosexuality in accordance with this interpretation. In 1999  Rabbi Steven Greenberg challenged this tradition when he became the first Orthodox rabbi ever to openly declare his homosexuality. Wrestling with God and Men is the product of Rabbi Greenbergs ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. In this compelling and groundbreaking work  Greenberg challenges long held assumptions of scriptural interpretation and religious identity as he marks a path that is both responsible to human realities and deeply committed to God and Torah. Employing traditional rabbinic resources  Greenberg presents readers with surprising biblical interpretations of the creation story  the love of David and Jonathan  the destruction of Sodom  and the condemning verses of Leviticus. But Greenberg goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable to ask how such relationships can be sacred. In so doing  he draws on a wide array of nonscriptural texts to introduce readers to occasions of same-sex love in Talmudic narratives  medieval Jewish poetry and prose  and traditional Jewish case law literature. Ultimately  Greenberg argues that Orthodox communities must open up debate  dialogue  and discussionprecisely the foundation upon which Jewish law reststo truly deal with the issue of homosexual love. This book will appeal not only to members of the Orthodox faith but to all religious people struggling to resolve their belief in the scriptures with a desire to make their communities more open and accepting to gay and lesbian members. 2005 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards  for Religion\/Spirituality\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966803603509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0299190900","price":33.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780299190903.jpg?v=1770581353","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wrestling-with-god-and-men-homosexuality-in-the-jewish-tradition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}