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?

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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