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From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision

From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision

Hardcover

Judaism

ISBN10: 0742516687
ISBN13: 9780742516687
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Jul 27 2006
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.36
Height: 1.16 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.38
Language: English
Silverman's new book is a comprehensive overview of Jewish circumcision throughout history. Beginning with Genesis, the author traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture. Topics include rabbinic literature, early Christianity, Medieval notions of menstruating Jewish men and the blood libel, the relic of ChristOs foreskin, modern notions of the Jewish body and Jewish manhood, and the current debate over Jewish and routine medical circumcision in America.

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