The Circumcision Dress: Its Origins and Influences

Abstract This paper will explore the origins of the circumcision dress worn by Jewish male infants during their brit millah (ritual circumcision). With no requirements according to Jewish law on what is to be worn during this ceremony, how does early textual evidence point to our understanding and u...

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Main Author: Klein, Warren (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2020, Volume: 24, Issue: 5, Pages: 553-568
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Judaism / Circumcision (Man) / Clothing
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Assimilation
B lifecycle
B circumcision dress
B Judaica
B Manuscripts
B Reform Judaism
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