Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780884141563)

In this volume Hornsby and Guest introduce readers to terms for the various identities of trans people and how the Bible can be an affirmation of those deemed sexually other by communities. This book offers readings of well known (e.g., Gen 1; Revelation) and not so well known (2 Sam 6; Jer 38) narratives to illustrate that the Bible has been translated and interpreted with a bias that makes heterosexuality and a two sex, two gender system natural, and thus divinely ordained. The authors present examples that show gender was never a binary, and in the Bible gender and sex are always dynamic categories that do, and must, transition.

Author: Teresa J. Hornsby, Deryn Guest
ISBN-10: 088414156X
ISBN-13: 9780884141563
Publisher: SBL Press
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2016
Pages: 132
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d