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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature.
Jews > Identity.
Circumcision > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Berit milah.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
Juifs > Identite.
Litterature rabbinique > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la litterature rabbinique.
Circoncision > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Berit milah > Histoire.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Berit milah > History.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Jewish circumcision and Christian polemics. A canonical history of Jewish circumcision
  • Were Jewish women ever circumcised?
  • Christian questions, Christian responses
  • From reticence to polemic
  • 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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