Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism

Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? : gender and covenant in Judaism

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Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? This improbable question, first advanced by anti-Jewish Christian polemicists, is the point of departure for this wide-ranging exploration of gender and Jewishness in Jewish thought. With a lively command of a wide range of Jewish sources--from the Bible and...

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Main Author: Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Berit milah > History.
Circumcision > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Jews > Identity.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Berit milah
Circumcision > Religious aspects > Judaism
Jews > Identity
Rabbinical literature
Women in rabbinical literature
absence of circumcision.
bekhor shor.
benediction.
benet.
berakhot.
bible.
blessing.
ceremony.
circumcision.
cultural history.
doctrine.
femininity.
feminism.
gender roles.
gender studies.
gender.
jewish circumcision.
jewish life.
jewish women.
jewish.
judaica.
judaism.
nonfiction.
orthodoxy.
rabbinics.
religion.
religious belief.
religious practices.
religious women.
rite.
ritual.
talmud.
theology.
torah.
tradition.
women and religion.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

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