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. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Berit milah--History. Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism. Women in rabbinical literature. Rabbinical literature--History and criticism. Jews--Identity.