Carnal Israel Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture Revised Edition by Daniel Boyarin. Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism?that it was a "carnal" religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church?Daniel Boyarin argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity. The body?specifically, the sexualized body?could not be renounced, for the Rabbis believed as a religious principle in the generation of offspring and hence in intercourse sanctioned by marriage. Paperback: 272 pages. Publisher: University of California Press; Revised edition (August 30, 1995). Language: English. ISBN-10: 0520203364 ISBN-13: 978-0520203365. Good shape, pages clean, binding tight, cover in good shape. Book will be mailed by media mail. 199