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Book Data
Title Marked in Your Flesh
SubtitleCircumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America
AuthorLeonard B. Glick
Pages 384
Format6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches
Edition1
First Edition30 June 2005
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN9780195176742


Overview

book cover

Glick offers a history of Jewish and Christian beliefs about circumcision from its ancient origins to the current controversy. He shows that Jewish American physicians are especially vocal and influential champions of the practice which, he notes, serves to erase the visible difference between Jewish and gentile males. Informed medical opinion is now unanimous that circumcision confers no benefit and the practice has declined. In Jewish circles it is virtually taboo to question circumcision, but Glick does not flinch from asking whether this procedure should continue to be the defining feature of modern Jewish identity.[1]

References

  1. ↑ REFweb Marked in Your Flesh, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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