Overview
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.
- | Author: Eric Silverman
- | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- | Publication Date: Jul 27, 2006
- | Number of Pages: 336 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0742516695
- | ISBN-13: 9780742516694
