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Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? gender and covenant in Judaism
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Title
Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? [electronic resource] : gender and covenant in Judaism / Shaye J.D. Cohen.
ISBN
0520212509
0520244583 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
Physical Description
xvii, 317 p.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale Community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 30, 2006
Bibliography
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.
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