Marked in your flesh
circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America
Glick, Leonard B.
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bibliography
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enk
Oxford
New York
Oxford University Press
2005
monographic
eng
xiv, 370 p. ; 24 cm.
"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.
Leonard B. Glick.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-360) and index.
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Circumcision
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Judaism
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Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
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