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Record Number: 45627 Author(s)/Creator(s): Boyarin , Adrienne Williams Contributor(s): Title: Jurnepin / Odard of Norwich Source: The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess. Adrienne Williams Boyarin.   Edited by Adrienne Williams Boyarin, translator of Appendix 2 Jurnepin / Odard of Norwich.  University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.  Pages 231 - 237. Available with a subscription from De Gruyter: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297508-013 Description: Article Type: Edition of Text ; Translation Subject (See Also): Antisemitism Children Circumcision Jews Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 13 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: "A second historia involves several records concerning the discovery in 1230 of a recently or partially circumcised five-year old Norwich boy, who was found near the River Wensum in 1230. Boyarin highlights the obsessive examination and reexamination of the boy’s genitals, a process that “signals the weakness of the visual identifying markers of Christianness or Jewishness” and complements the uncertainty over identity witnessed by the boy himself (alternately called Jurnepin or Odard) and the Jewish and Christian groups who claimed him for their own (25)." [From the review written by Kathy Lavezzo of The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess, by Adrienne Williams Boyarin. Medieval Review (TMR ID: 22.02.20). Reproduced by permission of the Medieval Review.] Author's Affiliation: University of Victoria, British Columbia Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2021. Language: English ; Latin ISSN/ISBN: 9780812252590 (print); 9780812297508 (online)

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