ISBN:
9780805242362
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 285 S.
,
Ill.
,
20 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
Year of publication:
2009
Series Statement:
Jewish encounters
Series Statement:
Nextbook
DDC:
296.3/2
Keywords:
Human body Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Human body in literature
;
Human body Social aspects
;
Human body in the Bible
;
Human body in rabbinical literature
;
Jews Identity
;
Race
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
;
Body image Social aspects
;
Judentum
;
Identität
;
Körper
;
Rabbinische Literatur
;
Körper
Abstract:
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?
Description / Table of 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?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257-258]) and index
,
Includes indexes. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [257-258]) and index
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