Eric Silverman is associate professor of anthropology at DePauw University.
A remarkable, stimulating and wide-ranging study of Jewish
circumcision...This book is a must-read for professionals
practicing in the Jewish community as well as scholars of Judaism
and religious studies.
*Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies*
Putting modern objections to circumcision in the context of
previously non-Jewish attacks provides a useful comparison.
*Jewish History, December 2008*
Eric Silverman's From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish
Circumcision finally supplies a comprehensive overview of the
Western debates about circumcision from its ritual form as practice
by the Jews to its present day "American" appearance as a
ubiquitous medical practice. How do we get from "Abraham" to
"America"? With great finesse and some polemic, Silverman enables
us to follow the circuitous path that encompasses Jewish-Christian
relationships from the early Church to the present. An important
and engaging book on a topic of ongoing fascination.
*Sander L. Gilman, Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Emory University*
Silverman's book demystifies much of the meaning and context of
circumcision by delivering a comprehensive and intricate analysis
of this Jewish practice....A vast bibliography, insightful
references, additional layers of anthropological, theological and
political analyses, spiced with mythological stories as well as a
good portion of humor, make this book not only comprehensive, but
also satisfying.
*Men and Masculinities*
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