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Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? [electronic resource] : gender and covenant in Judaism / Shaye J.D. Cohen.

By: Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005Description: xvii, 317 p.Subject(s): Berit milah -- History | Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Women in rabbinical literature | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism | Jews -- IdentityGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.4/422 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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296.4/422 (Browse shelf) Available

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.