From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision

ISBN-13: 9780742516694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 336 str.

Eric Kline Silverman

Opis

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, and ends with the current debate over Jewish and routine medical circumcision in America. This book is essential reading in Jewish studies, medical sociology, and Judaic studies/theology.