Prof. Eric Silverman Authors From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision

September 20, 2006

September 20, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision by Eric Kline Silverman, Edward Myers Dolan Professor of Anthropology at DePauw University, has just been released by Rowman & Littlefield. The book "is a comprehensive overview of Jewish circumcision throughout history," notes a publisher's synopsis. "Beginning with Genesis, the author traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture."

"Eric Silverman's (book) finally supplies a comprehensive overview of the Western debates about circumcision from its ritual form as practice by the Jews to its present day 'American' appearance as a ubiquitous medical practice," opines Sander L. Gilman, distinguished professor of the liberal arts and sciences at Emory University. "How do we get from 'Abraham' to 'America'? With great finesse and some polemic, Silverman enables us to follow the circuitous path that encompasses Jewish-Christian relationships from the early Church to the present. An important and engaging book on a topic of ongoing fascination."

Learn more about From Abraham to America at the publisher's Web site. Order the book at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.

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