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

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This book offers a history of Jewish and Christian beliefs about circumcision from its ancient origins to the controversy about the ethics of performing such surgery on helpless infants.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glick, Leonard B.
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
Subjects:
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.
Circumcision, Male > history
Judaism > history
Circoncision > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Circoncision > Histoire.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 425-1789.
Judaïsme > Relations > Christianisme.
Médecins juifs > Allemagne > Histoire.
Médecine > Angleterre > Histoire.
15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
Christianity
Circumcision
Circumcision > Religious aspects > Judaism
Interfaith relations
Jewish physicians
Judaism
Judaism > Medieval and early modern period
Medicine
England
Germany
United States
Medizinische Ethik
Kontroverse
Christentum
Beschneidung > Mann
Circumcisie.
Berit milah.
425-1789
Electronic books.
History
History (form)
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book offers a history of Jewish and Christian beliefs about circumcision from its ancient origins to the controversy about the ethics of performing such surgery on helpless infants.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-360) and index.
ISBN:019517674X
9780195176742
9781435618596
1435618599
9780199884230
0199884234