Marked in your flesh : circumcision from ancient Judea to modern America / Leonard B. Glick.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

xiv, 370 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-360) and index.

"This is my covenant": circumcision in the world of Temple Judaism -- "Great is circumcision": Christian condemnation, Jewish veneration -- "Offering incense to heaven": Jewish circumcision in medieval and early modern Europe -- "The height of foulness": circumcision in European religious and popular culture -- "Trembling of the hands": radical changes in a pivotal century -- Good sanitarians: circumcision medicalized -- "This little operation": Jewish American physicians and twentieth-century circumcision advocacy -- Unanswerable questions, questionable answers: justifying ritual circumcision -- "Deep feelings of nervousness": circumnavigating the taboo topic.