People of the Body: Jews and Judaism from an Embodied Perspective - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0791411699 ISBN 13 : 9780791411698

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

By shifting attention from the image of Jews as a textual community to the ways Jews understand and manage their bodies ― for example, to their concerns with reproduction and sexuality, menstruation and childbirth― this volume contributes to a revisioning of what Jews and Judaism are and have been. The project of re-membering the Jewish body has both historical and constructive motivations. As a constructive project, this book describes, renews, and participates in the complex and ongoing modern discussion about the nature of Jewish bodies and the place of bodies in Judaism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Howard Eilberg-Schwartz is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of The Savage in Judaism: An Anthology of Israelite Religion and Ancient Judaism (winner of a 1990 American Academy Award for Academic Excellence) as well as The Human Will in Judaism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791411699
• ISBN 13: 9780791411698
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 402
• Éditeur: Eilberg-Schwartz Howard
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• Personne responsable: non disponible