Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism (2005 Cohen), book
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Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism (2005) is a book by Shaye J.D. Cohen.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005.
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
External links
- [ Google Books]