Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism / / Shaye J.D. Cohen.
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 317 p. |
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Table of 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.