Christ circumcised : a study in early Christian history and difference /
Author / Creator: | Jacobs, Andrew S., 1973- |
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Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012. |
Description: | xi, 314 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Divinations : rereading late ancient religion Divinations. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8743602 |
Summary: | In the first full-length study of the circumcision of Jesus, Andrew S. Jacobs turns to an unexpected symbol--the stereotypical mark of the Jewish covenant on the body of the Christian savior--to explore how and why we think about difference and identity in early Christianity. |
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Physical Description: | xi, 314 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780812243970 0812243978 |