Sexualization and Desexualization of Biblical Texts in Medieval Jewish Literature: Two Diverging Exegetical Strategies in Levi ben Gershom's Commentary on Song of Songs and Sefer ha-Zohar
2014
Abstract
Basing itself on the assumption that discourse on sexuality is closely related to hermeneutics, this article enquires into the ways two competitive strains of medieval Jewish spirituality, philosophy and Kabbalah, voiced or dampened the carnal character of Jewish religion while exegetically engaging with biblical texts