| Author | : Howard Eilberg-Schwartz |
| File Size | : 54,9 Mb |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 February 2012 |
| ISBN | : 9781438401904 |
| Pages | : 406 pages |
People of the Body by Howard Eilberg-Schwartz Book PDF Summary
By shifting attention from the image of Jews as a textual community to the ways Jews understand and manage their bodies — for example, to their concerns with reproduction and sexuality, menstruation and childbirth— this volume contributes to a revisioning of what Jews and Judaism are and have been. The project of re-membering the Jewish body has both historical and constructive motivations. As a constructive project, this book describes, renews, and participates in the complex and ongoing modern discussion about the nature of Jewish bodies and the place of bodies in Judaism.