Description: Further DetailsTitle: Circumcision and Jewish IdentityCondition: NewSubtitle: Case Studies on Ancient Texts and Their ReceptionEAN: 9781463245795ISBN: 9781463245795Publisher: Gorgias PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/31/2024Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmGenre: HistoryBook Series: Judaism in ContextDescription: Male circumcision is one of the oldest and most widespread rituals, it has been practiced for millennia across many parts of the world. Yet this prevalence and long history do not make circumcision self-evident: it has also long been a topic of reflection, discussion, and controversy and continues to be so today. As the cases in this volume show, already in Antiquity, Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians clashed over male circumcision. Then as now, concerns about identity, ritual, health, masculinity, and sexuality were a factor in these disputes. Very little is known about actual circumcision practices in the ancient world. Apart from depictions in art, the relation of which to daily practice is difficult to ascertain, we have historical access mainly through texts that reveal how the practice was discursively constructed, and that relate circumcision to wider cultural practices and ideas. This book therefore mainly discusses references to circumcision in literary sources, and the way these relate to other known cultural practices and ideas. These sources date from biblical times and Antiquity and their interpretations in medieval Jewish texts and recent scholarship.Contributor: Lieve Teugels (Edited by), Karin Neutel (Edited by)Author: Lieve TeugelsRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Circumcision and Jewish Identity
Title: Circumcision and Jewish Identity
Subtitle: Case Studies on Ancient Texts and Their Reception
EAN: 9781463245795
ISBN: 9781463245795
Release Date: 05/31/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Genre: History
Series: Judaism in Context
Contributor: Karin Neutel (Edited by)
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Circumcision and Jewish Identity
Publisher: Gorgias Press, LLC
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Judaism / General
Type: Textbook
Author: Karin Neutel
Subject Area: Religion
Format: Hardcover
