medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Elena Lemeneva, Marjorie Greene and Luciana Cuppo Csaki: Am I
wrong or did I not learn that circumcision of males was considered by
the Greeks and Romans as mutilation? And that it was one of the
various cuttings of the human body anciently characteristic of
Middle Eastern and African regions, practices that included those
performed on women's bodies?
As I looked at the texts provided by Luciana, also, I was
struck by a memory of Abelard's comments (put in the mouth of his
Jewish spokesman)in the famous Dialogue about the "materialism" of
Jewish belief and its spiritualization by Christians. Obviously a
big polemical theme.
Lastly, has not the physical health benefit of such cuttings
been questioned in modern times? And was there ever a theme of
that kind in medieval or ancient medical polemic?
Yours, John Mundy
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