SJSD 11A Sexual Diversities and Hebrew Scriptures

Examines narratives and legal texts of the Hebrew Bible in light of the experience of sexual diversity.  Attention given to exegetical methods, hermeneutics, the history of interpretation, and the social location of the interpreter.  Topics to be discussed may include the place of sexuality in ancient Israelite anthropology, competing visions of sexuality in various sources of the Bible, the relation of sex and power in the Deuteronomic History, sexual metaphors in the prophets, and the place of the Song of Songs in the canon. May be repeated for credit.