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Mark Sameth

Mark Sameth

Mark Sameth, named one of ‘America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis’ by The Forward (inaugural list, 2013), is working on a history of the Tetragrammaton.

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The Secret Sex Life of Hebrew Letters

This series began as an unpacking of some controversial translations of Biblical texts I offered in an Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Is God Transgender?. I argued that the Hebrew Bible is filled with gender-bending language, all intended to hint at an Israelite priestly / scribal tradition that God is “dual-gendered” – “male” and…

By Mark Sameth Sep 12, 2017 | 2 min read
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When Biblical Gender Is Lost In Translation

We find gender-bending language in the Torah, in the greater Hebrew Bible, as well as in later Hebrew literature. And I am hardly the first one to notice this. Bible scholars, critics, and translators of later Hebrew works have all drawn attention to the phenomenon. In his 1990 bestseller “The Book of J,” Harold Bloom…

By Mark Sameth May 2, 2017 | 2 min read
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Is God Both Male and Female?

In this series I am responding to frequently asked questions about some gender-bending translations of Torah texts I have proposed in a few articles since 2008, and in a 2016 op-ed in The New York Times, “Is God Transgender?” So far, we have looked at Eve as “he;” Noah repairing to “her” tent; Rebecca, who…

By Mark Sameth Mar 13, 2017 | 2 min read
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Gender Bending In The Torah: The Nursing Kings of Israel

I am responding in this series to frequently asked questions about some gender-bending translations of Torah texts I have proposed in a few articles since 2008, and in an Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Is God Transgender?” (August 12, 2016). So far, we have looked at Eve as “he”, Noah repairing to “her” tent,…

By Mark Sameth Jan 26, 2017 | 3 min read
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Was Adam a Hermaphrodite?

I am responding in this series to frequently asked questions about some gender-bending translations of Torah texts I have proposed in a few articles since 2008, and in an Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Is God Transgender?” (August 12, 2016). So far, we have looked at Eve as “he”, Noah repairing to “her” tent,…

By Mark Sameth Dec 13, 2016 | 2 min read
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Gender Bending in the Torah: Was Rebecca a Young Man?

I am responding in this series to frequently asked questions about some gender-bending translations of Torah texts I have proposed in a few articles since 2008, and in an Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Is God Transgender?” (August 12, 2016). So far, we have looked at Eve as “he” and Noah repairing to “her”…

By Mark Sameth Nov 21, 2016 | 3 min read
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Did Noah Repair to ‘Her’ Tent?

I am responding in this series to frequently asked questions about some gender-bending translations of Torah texts I have proposed in a few articles since 2008, and in an Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Is God Transgender?” (August 12, 2016). Last time we looked at whether the Torah refers to Eve as “he.” This…

By Mark Sameth Oct 14, 2016 | 3 min read
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Was Eve Called ‘He’ in the Torah?

Translations of the Bible are never without controversy. In a few articles since 2008, and in a recent Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Is God Transgender?,” I have provided examples of grammatical gender-bending in the Torah – all hints, I believe, to the “dual-gendered” nature of God. I’ll have more to say about what…

By Mark Sameth Sep 20, 2016 | 3 min read

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