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Mark Sameth

Rabbi Mark Sameth is the author of The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God (Wipf & Stock, 2020) and The New York Times Op-Ed “Is God Transgender?” (2016). He can be found on his author website rabbimarksameth.com and on Twitter @fourbreaths.

(A)theologies, Archive, Books, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeAugust 13, 2020

Our Father, Who Art Our Mother: The (Open) Secret Queer History of God

By Mark Sameth

Michelangelo’s iconic God the Father image, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, draws…

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