The Jewish Body: A History

by Robert Jütte

An encyclopedic survey of the Jewish body as it has existed and as it has been imagined from biblical times to the present

That the human body can be the object not only of biological study but also of historical consideration and cultural criticism is now widely accepted. But why, Robert J?tte asks, should a historian bother with the Jewish body in particular? And is the "Jewish body" as much a concept constructed over the course...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812252659
• ISBN13: 9780812252651
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"