Daniel Boyarin

Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (2003)

Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash (1994)

Boyarin here provides a new perspective for understanding Midrash. Indeed, he succeeds at providing a convincing model of reading midrash, and the interpretations he is able make are thicker and of more interest than simply attributing different sayings to different authors and contexts. Boyari...

Carnal Israel: Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture (1995)