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Cohen, Shaye J. D.

Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? gender and covenant in Judaism / [electronic resource] : Shaye J.D. Cohen. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005. - xvii, 317 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes.

Pt. I. Jewish circumcision and Christian polemics. A canonical history of Jewish circumcision -- Were Jewish women ever circumcised? -- Christian questions, Christian responses -- From reticence to polemic -- Pt. II. Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? four responses. The celebration of manhood -- The reduction of lust and the unmanning of men -- True faith and the exemption of women -- The celebration of womanhood.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Berit milah--History.
Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Jews--Identity.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM705 / .C65 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.4/422