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Joseph's Fabulous Technicolor Dreamcoat (Parashat Vayeshev)

December 16, 2006 | By Gregg Drinkwater

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Genesis

Torah Portion: Vayeshev

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

The author argues that there is enough evidence to suggest that Joseph was in some sense “queer”—an outsider dwelling on the inside, a figure apart from his family, and someone who doesn’t quite fit in. This commentary is an exploration of the evidence of Joseph’s “queerness” step by step.

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