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Lädt ... The Jewish Body (Jewish Encounters) (2009. Auflage)von Melvin Konner
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. “A God without a body. From the beginning, this peculiar, even crazy notion anchored the faith of the Jews and made them objects of ridicule and suspicion among their neighbors“. So are the opening words of The Jewish Body, by Melvin Konner. The book is an intriguing book, detailing so many events and issues that are relevant to the Jewish body. By body, I mean the physical and spiritual body of an individual, and the body of a people, within the all-encompassing aspects of a group of individuals. There is a chronology at the back of the book that is informative. The book is infused with illustrations, pen and ink examples and photographs. Much of the text is written from a philosophical perspective, with scientific examples included. From head to toe, the external Jewish body is verbally examined in minute detail. The internal body is examined as far as the organs go. The soul is illuminated, and the contrasts of the physical Jewish body with the spiritual body is compared. The Jewish Body is an extremely intriguing book, giving the reader a look at Jewish individuals from a unique perspective. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Part of the Jewish Encounter series A history of the Jewish people from bris to burial, from "muscle Jews" to nose jobs. Melvin Konner, a renowned doctor and anthropologist, takes the measure of the "Jewish body," considering sex, circumcision, menstruation, and even those most elusive and controversial of microscopic markers-Jewish genes. But this is not only a book that examines the human body through the prism of Jewish culture. Konner looks as well at the views of Jewish physiology held by non-Jews, and the way those views seeped into Jewish thought. He describes in detail the origins of the first nose job, and he writes about the Nazi ideology that categorized Jews as a public health menace on par with rats or germs. A work of grand historical and philosophical sweep, The Jewish Body discusses the subtle relationship between the Jewish conception of the physical body and the Jewish conception of a bodiless God. It is a book about the relationship between a land-Israel-and the bodily sense not merely of individuals but of a people. As Konner describes, a renewed focus on the value of physical strength helped generate the creation of a Jewish homeland, and continued in the wake of it. With deep insight and great originality, Konner gives us nothing less than an anatomical history of the Jewish people. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Konner comes across to me as a self hating Jew. He seems to have the greatest respect for Jewish boxers and gangsters - who cannot by the nature of their professions be embodying the spiritual and ethical values that Judaism is about. If there were any overall point, it would be that Jews should be strong, not weak. And yet, one feels that Konner views himself as one of these weak intellectual Jews for whom he seems to have little respect. ( )