Open AccessReview of "Was Yosef on the Spectrum," by Samuel J. Levine
Author(s) -
Majia Nedesan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of disability studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1929-9192
DOI - 10.15353/cjds.v9i1.601
Subject(s) - midrash , attribution , judaism , psychoanalysis , autistic spectrum , philosophy , psychology , theology , autism , social psychology , developmental psychology
Samuel Levine’s Was Yosef on the Spectrum: Understanding Joseph Through Tora, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources argues that Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel from the Book of Genesis, was possibly autistic. Diagnosing people retrospectively as autistic raises complex “hermeneutic” or interpretive questions, including the possibility that our selective readings and attributions of recorded histories reveal more about our current concerns than past realities.