From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision

Eric Silverman

From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Country
United States
Published
27 July 2006
Pages
336
ISBN
9780742516694

From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision

Eric Silverman

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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