KellyannI just finished #indexing Rafael Rachel Neis's forthcoming book, "When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species," and there's so much good stuff in it that will be relevant to the interests of a good many of you!
#Rabbinics #Animals #Science #Bible #Trans #Queer #Difference #Likeness #BeyondBinaries
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520391192/when-a-human-gives-birth-to-a-raven
When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book investigates rabbinic treatises relating to animals, humans, and other life-forms. Through an original analysis of creaturely generation and species classification by late ancient Palestinian rabbis and other thinkers in the Roman Empire, Rafael Rachel Neis shows how rabbis blurred the lines between humans and other beings, even as they were intent on classifying creatures and tracing the contours of what it means to be human.