Anonymous asked:
do you know of any jewish-exclusive gender identities?
littlegoythings replied:
There was some discussion earlier about certain non-binary gender terms discussed in the Talmud and other Jewish texts, like saris and timtum. Does anyone have the link to that post handy?
Terms for Gender Diversity in Classical Jewish Texts
BEYOND STICK FIGURES (PARASHAT VAYECHI)
Gender Identity In Halakhic Discourse
Gender Diversity in Halacha (The way we walk): Mishna and Tosefta (1st-2nd centuries C.E.)
The midrash, in Bereshit Rabah, posits that Adam, the first human being, was actually an androgynos. While in the Babylonian Talmud (Yevamot 64a-64b) the radical claim is made that Abraham and Sarah were tumtumim, gender non-conforming people. According to our tradition the first human being and the first Jews were gender outlaws.
