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Thought nonbinary gender was a modern concept? Think again. The ancient Jewish understanding of gender was far more nuanced than many assume.
The Talmud, a huge and authoritative compendium of Jewish legal traditions, contains in fact no less than seven gender designations including:
Zachar, male.
Nekevah, female.
Androgynos, having both male and female characteristics.
Tumtum, lacking sexual characteristics.
Aylonit, identified female at birth without developing secondary female sexual characteristics at puberty.
Saris hamah, identified male at birth without developing secondary male sexual
characteristics at puberty.
Saris adam, identified male at birth without developing secondary male sexual characteristics because of castration.
The rabbis did not use the word gender as we do today, as referring to a cultural construct distinct from biological sex. The seven genders they describe are distinguished by physical and biological realities, not culturally conditioned categories. But because gender has many implications in Jewish law, how the rabbis understood these categories has consequences for the rights and responsibilities such individuals enjoy in the community.
The rabbis also had a tradition that the first human being was both male and female.
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-eight-genders-in-the-talmud/