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Author:
Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Title:
Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism / Shaye J.D. Cohen.
Publisher:
University of California Press,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
xvii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Berit milah--History.
Circumcision--Judaism.--Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Jews--Identity.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes.
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.
ISBN:
9780520212503 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520212509 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520244580 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520244583 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)57349150
LCCN:
2004030699
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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