| center | : | The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications) |
| Document Type | : | BL |
| Record Number | : | 396 |
| Doc. No | : | b10195 |
| Language of Document | : | English |
| Main Entry | : | Glick, Leonard B |
| Title & Author | : | Marked in your flesh:circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America/ Leonard B. Glick |
| Publication Statement | : | Oxford ;New York: Oxford University Press,, 2005. |
| Page. NO | : | xiv, 370 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN | : | 019517674X(cloth : alk.paper) |
| Notes | : | Print |
| Bibliographies/Indexes | : | Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-360) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject | : | CircumcisionReligious aspects--Judaism |
| Subject | : | CircumcisionHistory |
| Subject | : | JudaismHistory--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 |
| Subject | : | JudaismRelations--Christianity |
| Subject | : | Jewish physiciansGermany--History |
| Subject | : | MedicineUnited States--History |
| Subject | : | MedicineEngland--History |
| Dewey Classification | : | 296.4.422 |
| LC Classification | : | BM705.G57 2005 |