01450ctm a22003014a 45000010009000000050017000090060001000260070003000270080041000300100017000710200031000880400018001190420008001370500021001450820018001661000023001842450112002072600056003193000027003755040066004025050425004686500026008936500046009196500036009656500050010016500020010518560077010711382462220250312110246.0ta150206s2005    cau      b    001 0 eng    a  2004030699  a0520212509 (hbk) :c$22.81  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc00aBM705b.C65 200500a296.4/4222221 aCohen, Shaye J. D.10aWhy aren't Jewish women circumcised? :h[manuscript] :bgender and covenant in Judaism /cShaye J.D. Cohen.  aBerkeley :bUniversity of California Press,cc2005.  axvii, 317 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes.0 aPt. 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. 0aBerit milahxHistory. 0aCircumcisionxReligious aspectsxJudaism. 0aWomen in rabbinical literature. 0aRabbinical literaturexHistory and criticism. 0aJewsxIdentity.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004030699.html