Explores homoeroticism in the Hebrew Bible.
Theodore W. Jennings, Jr. is Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary and the author of Introduction to Theology, The Insurrection of the Crucified (Explorations Press), and The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament.
"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
"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
*The Gay and Lesbian Review*
"Jacob's Wound remains one of the most stimulating and provocative
books on the Hebrew Bible to appear in recent years. I will use it
next time I teach on the Bible and homosexuality, and the class
discussion it will provoke will be impassioned and productive." -
Stephen D. Moore, The Theological School, Drew University, USA; The
Journal of the History of Sexuality, September 2008
*Stephen D. Moore*
"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
*Blurb from reviewer*
"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
*Blurb from reviewer*
"While not focusing on women's experience in the Hebrew Bible, this
volume makes a significant contribution to understanding the
homoerotic dimensions of the text." -WATERwheel, 2005
*WATERwheel*
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