RT Book
T1 Why aren't Jewish women circumcised?: gender and covenant in Judaism
T2 The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
A1 Cohen, Shaye J. D. 1948-
LA English
PP Berkeley u.a.
PB University of Californiarnia Press
YR 2005
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/476462037
AB 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.
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes
CN BM705
SN 0520244583
SN 0520212509
K1 Berit milah : History
K1 Circumcision : Religious aspects : Judaism
K1 Women in rabbinical literature
K1 Rabbinical literature : History and criticism
K1 Jews : Identity