13 “Created by the Hand of Heaven”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I-It: Challenges
6. 1 Sotah 7
7. 2 Prostitution 24
8. 3 Divorcing Ba’al 36
9. 4 The Sage and the Other Woman 58
10. 5 Intermarriage, Gender, and Nation in the Hebrew Bible 73
11. 6 Good Sex 93
12. I-Thou: Relationships
13. 7 The Erotics of Sexual Segregation 107
14. 8 Reclaiming Nidah and Mikveh through Ideological and Practical Reinterpretation 116
15. 9 The Goy of Sex 136
16. 10 A Jewish Perspective on Birth Control and Procreation 152
17. 11 Not Like a Virgin 169
18. 12 Reconsidering Solitary Sex from a Jewish Perspective 182
19. We-Thou: Visions
20. 13 “Created by the Hand of Heaven” 193
21. 14 Toward a New Tzniut 203
22. 15 On the Religious Signifi cance of Homosexuality; or, Queering God, Torah, and Israel 212
23. 16 Heruta’s Ruse 229
24. 17 Love the One You’re With 245
25. 18 Eden for Grown-Ups 259
26. Glossary 267
27. Contributors 277
28. Index of Sources 283
29. Subject Index 290