Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism

Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism /

Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? This improbable question, first advanced by anti-Jewish Christian polemicists, is the point of departure for this wide-ranging exploration of gender and Jewishness in Jewish thought. With a lively command of a wide range of Jewish sources--from the Bible and...

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Main Author: Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Series:S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
Subjects:
Berit milah > History.
Circumcision > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Jews > Identity.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Jewish circumcision and Christian polemics. A canonical history of Jewish circumcision
  • Were Jewish women ever circumcised?
  • Christian questions, Christian responses
  • From reticence to polemic
  • 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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