Blood: Reflections on what unites and divides us

Anthony Bale,David Feldman

Blood: Reflections on what unites and divides us
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
22 October 2015
Pages
56
ISBN
9781784421380

Blood: Reflections on what unites and divides us

Anthony Bale,David Feldman

Blood is something that all humans share: a vital force that courses through our veins - the giver of life. This book gathers together specially commissioned essays from leading scholars which reflect on the religious, historical, and medical dimensions of blood. Written for a broad audience and illustrated with full colour plates, the essays encompass history, literature, art history, religious studies and medical humanities and explore some of the most challenging issues surrounding blood and ritual. The themes covered include: blood in Christian and Jewish culture, medieval antisemitism, Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Jewish ritual, blood and ‘race’, Jews and genes.

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