Marked in Your Flesh

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Marked in Your Flesh is written by Leonard B. Glick and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199884234 (ISBN 10) and 9780199884230 (ISBN 13).

Glick offers a history of Jewish and Christian beliefs about circumcision from its ancient origins to the current controversy. Hw shows that Jewish American physicians are especially vocal and influential champions of the practice which, he notes, serves to erase the visible difference between Jewish and gentile males. Informed medical opinion is now unanimous that circumcision confers no benefit and the practice has declined. In Jewish circles it is virtually taboo to question circumcision, but Glick does not flinch from asking whether this procedure should continue to be the defining feature of modern Jewish identity.