Eunuchs

Gender diversity beyond a male/female binary gender paradigm is attested in almost every culture that has ever been the subject of anthropological inquiry. This dissertation will identify the sārîsîm of the Hebrew Bible as eunuchs, non-procreative men who constitute a distinct g…

The legacy of the Hebrew Bible and the backdrop of the surrounding cultures among which the rabbis lived served as the prevailing contexts in which the rabbis of the tannaitic period formulated their views on almost every subject. With regard to some subjects, some combination o…