Elizabeth Wyner Mark is a Resident Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. A clinical psychologist, she was formerly a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School and a Clinical Supervisor at McLean Hospital. In recent years she has been exploring the application of psychotherapeutic modes of understanding to the study of biblical texts.
..." Mark's excellent introduction is followed by a superb collection of essays by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field of Jewish studies. There is no volume that covers the topic of circumcision so thoroughly, and it will serve an academic audience thirsty for substantial and provocative interpretations of this hotly contested Jewish ritual." --Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College
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