Why aren't Jewish women circumcised?: gender and covenant in Judaism
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1. Verfasser: Cohen, Shaye J. D. 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press c2005
Schriftenreihe:S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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
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.
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ISBN:0520212509
052092049X
1423717279
1598755897
9780520212503
9780520920491
9781423717270
9781598755893

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