Glick, Leonard B. <br/><br/>
Marked in your flesh :  circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America / 
Leonard B. Glick. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - xiv, 370 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-360) and index. 
<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>019517674X (Hbk, cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004020069 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Circumcision--History.<br/>Judaism--History--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789.<br/>Judaism--Relations--Christianity.<br/>Jewish physicians--History.--Germany<br/>Medicine--History.--United States<br/>Medicine--History.--England
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM705  / .G57 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.4422 Gli 2005