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Something Queer in the Vineyards (Parashat Balak)

By Andrew Ramer

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Numbers

Torah Portion: Balak

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

The author discusses the case of the talking she-ass in this parsha as a “queer” biblical moment in which the boundaries of human/animal are crossed and we are for a moment linked back to primeval wholeness. In our modern world, it’s queers who walk between worlds, between genders, between cultures and desires, who link and unite, who make one from many.

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