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The Jewish body : a history / Robert Jütte ; translated by Elizabeth Bredeck.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM538.H84 J8813 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jütte, Robert, author.
- Series:
- Jewish culture and contexts
- Standardized Title:
- Leib und Leben im Judentum. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Human body--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Human body.
- Body image--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Body image.
- Sex--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Sex.
- Human body in rabbinical literature.
- Jews--Identity.
- Self-perception.
- Jews--Health and hygiene.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book is a cultural history of practices relating to and tropes about the Jewish body over 2000 years"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Originally published as: Leib und Leben im Judentum (Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin, 2016).
- Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812252651
- 0812252659
- OCLC:
- 1144463302
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