The Jewish body /
Konner, Melvin.
The Jewish body / Melvin Konner. - New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2009. - xi, 285 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Jewish encounters . - Jewish encounters. .
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257-258]) and index.
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?
9780805242362 0805242368
2008017625
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.
BM 627 / .K65 2009
The Jewish body / Melvin Konner. - New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2009. - xi, 285 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Jewish encounters . - Jewish encounters. .
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257-258]) and index.
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?
9780805242362 0805242368
2008017625
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.
BM 627 / .K65 2009