Circumcision and Jewish Identity: Case Studies on Ancient Texts and Their Reception - Couverture rigide

 
9781463245795: Circumcision and Jewish Identity: Case Studies on Ancient Texts and Their Reception
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1463245793 ISBN 13 : 9781463245795
Editeur : Gorgias Press, 2024

Synopsis

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.

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Éditeur
Gorgias Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1463245793
ISBN 13 
9781463245795
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
284
Éditeur
Teugels Lieve, Neutel Karin
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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