Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?
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Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?

Gender and Covenant in Judaism

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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 the Talmud to the legal and philosophical writings of the Middle Ages to Enlightenment thinkers and modern scholars—Shaye J. D. Cohen considers the varied responses to this provocative question and in the process provides the fullest cultural history of Jewish circumcision available.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780520920491
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. Part One. Jewish Circumcision and Christian Polemics
  5. Part Two. Why Aren’t Jewish Women Circumcised? Four Responses
  6. Notes
  7. Bibliography
  8. General Index
  9. Index of Premodern Sources