TY - BOOK AU - Cohen,Shaye J.D. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Why aren't Jewish women circumcised?: gender and covenant in Judaism AV - BM705 .C65 2005eb U1 - 296.4/422 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Berit milah KW - History KW - Circumcision KW - Religious aspects KW - Judaism KW - Women in rabbinical literature KW - Rabbinical literature KW - History and criticism KW - Jews KW - Identity KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10084602 ER -