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Melvin Konner, Ph.D., M.D., the author of nine books and is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta, where he teaches in the anthropology, human biology, and Jewish studies programs. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Jewish Body
Written by Melvin Konner
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $22.00
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... Read more >
Written by Melvin Konner
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $22.00
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... Read more >
The Jewish Body
An Anatomical History of the Jewish People
Written by Melvin Konner
Format: eBook
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $12.99
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An Anatomical History of the Jewish People
Written by Melvin Konner
Format: eBook
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $12.99
Read more >
