The Jewish body : corporeality, society, and identity in the Renaissance and early modern period

The Jewish body : corporeality, society, and identity in the Renaissance and early modern period / edited by Maria Diemling and Giuseppe Veltri.

This volume explores perceptions of the ""Jewish body"" in variety of early modern Jewish sources. It discusses, among other topics, ideas of the ideal body in normative sources, the influence of Kabbalistic ideas on Jewish-Christian discourse and the link between melancholy and...

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Other Authors: Diemling, Maria, Veltri, Giuseppe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 17.
Subjects:
70-1789
Human body > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Human body > Social aspects.
Body image > Social aspects.
Jews > Identity.
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Jews > History > 70-1789.
Group identity.
group identity.
RELIGION > Judaism > Theology.
Group identity
Body image > Social aspects
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity
Human body > Religious aspects > Judaism
Human body > Social aspects
Jews
Jews > Identity
Människokroppen > religiösa aspekter > judendom.
Människokroppen > religiösa aspekter > kristendom.
Judar > historia > 1500-1800.
History
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