Leonard B. Glick is a cultural anthropologist with a medical degree and a doctorate in anthropology. He is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Hampshire College and is the author of Abraham's Heirs: Jews and Christians in Medieval Europe (1999).
"Baby girls in the United States are spared such treatment, and
laws are now in place to protect them. Glick provides readers with
a wealth of information to question how this different treatment of
patients based on gender can be acceptable, and he asks them to
agree with him that it is not."--The Historian
"Marked in Your Flesh is an ambitious study of the ancient rite of
circumcision, which has been central to the demarcation of Jewish
identity from biblical times to the present. There have been many
studies of circumcision, but Leonard Glicks is distinguished both
by its impressive historical range and its sophisticated
commingling of anthropological and textual methodologies. Through
painstaking analysis the author has unmasked many of the
socio-cultural and religious underpinnings of circumcision. Marked
in Your Flesh should appeal to anyone interested in this
practice."--Elliot R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of
Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York
University
"Marked in Your Flesh shines as the rarest of beasts-a book that is
learned yet accessible, deeply serious yet profoundly entertaining.
Glick writes with one eye carefully checking footnotes while the
other eye compassionately keeps watch over the precious newborn
babies that are his ultimate subject. This engagingly written book
contains lessons applicable to all of us concerned with protecting
human rights and human well-being against encroachment by
cultural and social forces."--J. Steven Svoboda, Founder and
Executive Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
"Marked in Your Flesh is an ambitious study of the ancient rite of
circumcision, which has been central to the demarcation of Jewish
identity from biblical times to the present. There have been many
studies of circumcision, but Leonard Glicks is distinguished both
by its impressive historical range and its sophisticated
commingling of anthropological and textual methodologies. Through
painstaking analysis the author has unmasked many of the
socio-cultural and religious underpinnings of circumcision. Marked
in Your Flesh should appeal to anyone interested in this
practice."--Elliot R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of
Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York
University
"Marked in Your Flesh shines as the rarest of beasts--a book that
is learned yet accessible, deeply serious yet profoundly
entertaining. Glick writes with one eye carefully checking
footnotes while the other eye compassionately keeps watch over the
precious newborn babies that are his ultimate subject. This
engagingly written book contains lessons applicable to all of us
concerned with protecting human rights and human well-being against
encroachment
by cultural and social forces."--J. Steven Svoboda, Founder and
Executive Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
"A commendable book to which every reader will have his or her
strong reaction."--The Protestant-Jewish Conundrum
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