Marked in your flesh : circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America

Marked in your flesh : circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America / Leonard B. Glick.

Author/creator	Glick, Leonard B.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description	xiv, 370 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Circumcision--Religious aspects --Judaism. Circumcision--History. Judaism--History --Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789. Judaism--Relations --Christianity. Jewish physicians--Germany --History. Medicine--United States --History. Medicine--England --History.

Contents	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-360) and index.
LCCN	2004020069
ISBN	019517674X (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BM705 .G57 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold