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Jacob's Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel Paperback – June 8, 2005
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Print length304 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherContinuum
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Publication dateJune 8, 2005
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Dimensions6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
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ISBN-100826417124
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ISBN-13978-0826417121
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"There is much in Jennings' book that I admire. He deftly sifts through existing scholarship to recover the terms and forms of ancient Israel's worship of a 'hypermasculine divinity' whose ravishing of his male followers provided a model both for the warrior-leader's sexual relations with his male attendant and for the healer's cure of the sick through the infusion of phallic energy."- Raymond-Jean Frontain, "The Gay and Lesbian Review, "Jan-Feb 2007--Sanford Lakoff
"Over against the hegemony of the religious right and its ferocious homophobia, Jacob's Wound shows that the Bible is a profoundly positive, homoerotic text. Through a careful reading of texts, Ted Jennings reclaims the Bible from those who would use it to oppress others. This is a liberating reading." Roland Boer, Senior Logan Research Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University, author of Marxist Criticism of the Bible, and managing editor of The Bible and Critical Theory
"There is much inJennings' book that I admire. He deftly sifts through existing scholarship torecover the terms and forms of ancient Israel's worship of a 'hypermasculinedivinity' whose ravishing of his male followers provided a model both for thewarrior-leader's sexual relations with his male attendant and for the healer'scure of the sick through the infusion of phallic energy."- Raymond-JeanFrontain, "The Gay and Lesbian Review, "Jan-Feb2007--,
Prophetic voices have tended to give up on the Bible, and in so doing have handed it over to reactionary agendas. Jennings refuses to allow the Bible to be dominated in this way. Drawing on a vast array of biblical and theological resources, Jennings offers us other readings of the Bible, both by reading unfamiliar texts and by reading familiar texts in unfamiliar ways. Dr. Gerald West, Senior Professor in Hebrew Bible and Director of the Ujamaa Centre for Biblical and Theological Community Development and Research, in the School of Religion and Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
"The book is written in colloquial language, and, indeed, I found the author's use of language blunt, clever, entertaining, and fresh, which is not often the case in scholarly writings....the book's structure is well organized.... I am sure it will be popular." - RBL, July 2006
mention- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly/ 68, 2006
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- Publisher : Continuum; Edition Unstated (June 8, 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0826417124
- ISBN-13 : 978-0826417121
- Item Weight : 14.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,318,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,410 in Old Testament Criticism & Interpretation
- #2,338 in New Testament Criticism & Interpretation
- #19,080 in Christian Bible Study (Books)
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Theodore W. Jennings Jr. is Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago. With interests ranging across Christian doctrine and biblical theology, his recent writings include Jacob's Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel; Reading Derrida, Thinking Paul; and The Insurrection of the Crucified.As an astonishingly fresh understanding of what we mean by the significance of Jesus death—in history and theological reflection—Jennings's book contributes strongly to our theological resources for classroom and theologians as well as clergy and others who preach.
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Gay people should not be ashamed about who we are as we attend church. There is no reason for us to drift away from our faith as we explore our sexuality. Read this an be free.
Unfortunately, those learned Jews have opted to not go near this subject. Therefore, this book is the only book available.
It is thought provoking, better than nothing, and clearly filled with misunderstandings of the Hebrew Bible.
I think that Theodore Jennings is so clear on the issues.
Amazing book!