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When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven
Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species
Book • 2023
Rafael Rachel Neis's "When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven" delves into late ancient Palestinian rabbinic texts, exploring their unique approach to creaturely generation and species classification.
The book challenges traditional views of reproduction, highlighting the rabbis' recognition of life's proliferation through mechanisms beyond heterosexual copulation.
Neis analyzes how the rabbis considered overlaps and resemblances across species, questioning the absolute distinctiveness of humans.
The work engages with animal studies, queer theory, and feminist science studies, offering historical alternatives to conventional reproductive paradigms.
By examining the rabbis' intricate classifications and their blurring of lines between humans and other beings, the book provides a fresh perspective on kinship, species, and the very definition of humanity.
The book challenges traditional views of reproduction, highlighting the rabbis' recognition of life's proliferation through mechanisms beyond heterosexual copulation.
Neis analyzes how the rabbis considered overlaps and resemblances across species, questioning the absolute distinctiveness of humans.
The work engages with animal studies, queer theory, and feminist science studies, offering historical alternatives to conventional reproductive paradigms.
By examining the rabbis' intricate classifications and their blurring of lines between humans and other beings, the book provides a fresh perspective on kinship, species, and the very definition of humanity.
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Rafael Rachel Neis, "When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species" (U California Press, 2023)
