Marked in your flesh : circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America / Leonard B. Glick.

By:

Glick, Leonard B

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: xiv, 370 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

019517674X (Hbk, cloth : alk. paper)

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296.4422 Gli 2005 22

LOC classification:

BM705 .G57 2005

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-360) and index.

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