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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226984570 Title: The Jewish body Author: Melvin Konner Publisher: New York : Nextbook : Schocken, ©2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9780805242362 0805242368 OCLC:226984570

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The Jewish body

Author:	Melvin Konner
Publisher:	New York : Nextbook : Schocken, ©2009.
Series:	Jewish encounters.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Melvin Konner, a renowned doctor and anthropologist, takes the measure of the 'Jewish body,' considering sex, circumcision, menstruation, and even those most elusive and controversial of microscopic markers{u2013}Jewish genes. But this is not only a book that examines the human body through the prism of Jewish culture. Konner looks as well at the views of Jewish physiology held by non-Jews, and the way those views Read more...
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Subjects	Human body -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Human body in literature. Human body -- Social aspects. View all subjects
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Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Melvin Konner Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780805242362 0805242368
OCLC Number:	226984570
Description:	xi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Contents:	God's body -- "The fruitful cut" -- Greeks and Jews -- Adam's rib? -- Dangerous bodies -- God's beard -- "Hath not a Jew eyes?" -- Race and destiny -- The body returns -- Tough Jews -- The trowel and the sword -- The eye of the beholder -- Bodily fictions -- Jewish power -- Deborah's daughters -- Jewish genes?
Series Title:	Jewish encounters.
Responsibility:	Melvin Konner.

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"Melvin Konner, a renowned doctor and anthropologist, takes the measure of the 'Jewish body,' considering sex, circumcision, menstruation, and even those most elusive and controversial of microscopic markers{u2013}Jewish genes. But this is not only a book that examines the human body through the prism of Jewish culture. Konner looks as well at the views of Jewish physiology held by non-Jews, and the way those views seeped into Jewish thought. He describes in detail the origins of the first nose job, and he writes about the Nazi ideology that categorized Jews as a public health menace on par with rats or germs. A work of grand historical and philosophical sweep, The Jewish Body discusses the subtle relationship between the Jewish conception of the physical body and the Jewish conception of a bodiless God. It is a book about the relationship between a land{u2013}Israel{u2013}and the bodily sense not merely of individuals but of a people. As Konner describes, a renewed focus on the value of physical strength helped generate the creation of a Jewish homeland, and continued in the wake of it. " -- Publisher's description.

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