Homosexuality is biblically acceptable to ask how such relationshipsĬan be sacred. But Greenberg goes beyond the question of whether Rabbinic resources, Greenberg presents readers with surprisingīiblical interpretations of the creation story, the love of DavidĪnd Jonathan, the destruction of Sodom, and the condemning verses Realities and deeply committed to God and Torah. Identity as he marks a path that is both responsible to human Long-held assumptions of scriptural interpretation and religious This compelling and groundbreaking work, Greenberg challenges Ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. Wrestling with God and Men is the product of Rabbi Greenberg’s Tradition when he became the first Orthodox rabbi ever to openly In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg challenged this Traditionally Orthodox Jews,īelieving the scripture to be the word of God, have rejected GAY & LESBIAN STUDIES / JUDAICA / RELIGIONįor Philosophy/Thought, awarded by the Koret Foundations.īeen understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abominable