From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision
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. Topics include rabbinic literature, early Christianity, Medieval notions of menstruating Jewish men and the blood libel, the relic of Christ's foreskin, modern notions of the Jewish body and Jewish manhood, and the current debate over...
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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.
Ch. 1Circumcision, creation, and the cosmic phallus1Ch. 2Covenantal corporeality; or, was Adam circumcised?15Ch. 3Circumcision and the mark of Cain33Ch. 4The life and times of Abraham49Ch. 5The bloody bridegroom75Ch. 6Lilith, yarmulkas, and the eye of circumcision99Ch. 7The Jewish circumcision ceremony117Ch. 8Circumcision, anti-semitism, and Christ's foreskin145Ch. 9Circumcision contentions in contemporary Judaism177Ch. 10Old whine in new foreskins : anti-Judaism in the contemporary debate over medical circumcision213
\ Men and MasculinitiesSilverman's book demystifies much of the meaning and context of circumcision by delivering a comprehensive and intricate analysis of this Jewish practice....A vast bibliography, insightful references, additional layers of anthropological, theological and political analyses, spiced with mythological stories as well as a good portion of humor, make this book not only comprehensive, but also satisfying.\ \ \ \ \ Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish StudiesA remarkable, stimulating and wide-ranging study of Jewish circumcision...This book is a must-read for professionals practicing in the Jewish community as well as scholars of Judaism and religious studies.\ \ \ Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish StudiesA remarkable, stimulating and wide-ranging study of Jewish circumcision...This book is a must-read for professionals practicing in the Jewish community as well as scholars of Judaism and religious studies.\ \
