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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.Description: xvii, 317 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 296.4/422 22
LOC classification:
  • BM705 .C65 2005
Online resources:
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.

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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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