Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : [manuscript] : gender and covenant in Judaism /
Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism / [manuscript] : Shaye J.D. Cohen. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005. - xvii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
0520212509 (hbk) : $22.81
2004030699
Berit milah--History.
Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Jews--Identity.
BM705 / .C65 2005
296.4/422
Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism / [manuscript] : Shaye J.D. Cohen. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005. - xvii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
0520212509 (hbk) : $22.81
2004030699
Berit milah--History.
Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Jews--Identity.
BM705 / .C65 2005
296.4/422