The Jewish Body : : A History /

The Jewish Body : : A History / / Robert Jütte.

An encyclopedic survey of the Jewish body as it has existed and as it has been imagined from biblical times to the presentThat 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 Jütte asks,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
VerfasserIn:
Jütte, Robert,
MitwirkendeR:
Bredeck, Elizabeth,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2020]
©2021
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Jewish Culture and Contexts
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 27 illus
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translator’s Note
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Biological Body
  • Chapter 2. The (Un)covered and Altered Body
  • Chapter 3. The Sex of the Body
  • Chapter 4. The Intact Body
  • Chapter 5. The Ailing Body
  • Chapter 6. The Body in Need
  • Chapter 7. The Mortal Body
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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