Marked in your flesh: circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America
Leonard B. Glick
Marked in your flesh: circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America
Author
Leonard B. GlickPublisher
Oxford University PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
Marked in your flesh: circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America / Leonard B. GlickPublication Details
آکسفورد : Oxford University Press، 2005مPhysical Description
xiv, 370 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Circumcision Religious aspects JudaismCircumcision History
Judaism - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 History
Judaism Relations Christianity
Jewish physicians - Germany History
Medicine - United States History
Medicine - England History
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]533[-063( and index.
Contents
"This is my covenant" : circumcision in the world of Temple Judaism -- "Great is circumcision" : Christian condemnation, Jewish veneration -- "Offering incense to heaven" : Jewish circumcision in medieval and early modern Europe -- "The height of foulness" : circumcision in European religious and popular culture -- "Trembling of the hands" : radical changes in a pivotal century -- Good sanitarians : circumcision medicalized -- "This little operation" : Jewish-American physicians and twentieth-century circumcision advocacy -- Unanswerable questions, questionable answers : justifying ritual circumcision -- "Deep feelings of nervousness" : circumnavigating the taboo topic