TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glick,Leonard B.
TI  - Marked in your flesh: circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America 
SN  - 019517674X (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BM705 .G57 2005
U1  - 296.4/422 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Circumcision
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Jewish physicians
KW  - Germany
KW  - Medicine
KW  - United States
KW  - England
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-360) and index; "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/2004020069-d.html
UR  - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=11858
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2004020069-b.html
ER  -