{"product_id":"the-jewish-body-9780812252651","title":"The Jewish Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eit is impossible to describe or adequately praise the breadth and depth of Jutte’s scholarship and erudition. He has collected data and examples from the widest possible number of sources, with Hasidic legends and Yiddish proverbs nestling comfortably next to quotes from Josephus and advertisements from nineteenth-century German newspapers. * Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures *\u003cbr\u003eThe overriding impression left on the reader is wonder over the novel aspects of Judaism Jütte has managed to reveal, matched with astonishment at the breadth and depth of his scholarship and of the vast range of source material he has uncovered...\u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Body\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the most fundamental aspect of life on earth – the human body – in relation to the Jewish religion and practice, an angle of Judaism perhaps too little considered in the past. Jütte’s work is highly original in concept and encyclopedic in scope. It will instruct, amuse and entertain in equal measure. * The Jerusalem Post *\u003cbr\u003eA work of exemplary scholarship over a number of languages and cultures, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Body\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003esumma summarum\u003c\/i\u003e of the various debates on body history, race, gender, ethnicity, and nationalism. * Sander Gilman, Emory University *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a masterful study of all aspects of the notion of the ‘Jewish body’ across the millennia, from biblical to modern times…[T]his is a remarkable, comprehensive, and exceedingly learned work. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Biological Body\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The (Un)covered and Altered Body\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Sex of the Body\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Intact Body\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Ailing Body\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Body in Need\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Mortal Body\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405744808279,"sku":"9780812252651","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812252651.jpg?v=1730493461","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jewish-body-9780812252651","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}