Der geteilte Mensch. Einige Gedanken zu Schöpfung, Transformation und Geschlecht in der rabbinischen Tradition

Autor(en)
Gerhard Langer
Abstrakt

The Jewish Rabbinic Traditionhas developeddifferent views on the creation of man. One version speaks of the first man as androgynous, having both male and female parts. As a consequence, man and woman are described as belonging together from the beginning, split asunder violently, yearning for each other. On the other side, rabbinic texts speak of the first Adam as – more or less – being male, and of Eve as the result of a surgery. The consequences are far-reaching. Eve as the second in creation is the model of a subordinated being, Adam a master and commander. After the fall of man, Eve is depicted as
responsible for the death of Adam, punished with, for example, the commandment of Niddah (menstrual laws). Thepaper gives an introduction into both different explanatory
models of the creation of man, its cultural context, and explains how gender is defined by
the rabbis via the myth of creation.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Judaistik
Journal
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society
Band
5
Seiten
185-213
Anzahl der Seiten
29
ISSN
2365-3140
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14220/jrat.2017.3.2.185
Publikationsdatum
10-2017
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
603906 Jüdische Religion
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Religious studies, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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