Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised? Gender and Covenant In Judaism : Gender and Covenant in Judaism.

By: Cohen, Shaye J. DMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Berkerley : University of California Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (336 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780520920491Subject(s): Berit milah -- History | Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Jews -- Identity | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism | Women in rabbinical literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised? Gender and Covenant In Judaism : Gender and Covenant in JudaismDDC classification: 296.4 LOC classification: 2004030699Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part One. Jewish Circumcision and Christian Polemics -- 1. A Canonical History of Jewish Circumcision -- 2. Were Jewish Women Ever Circumcised? -- 3. Christian Questions, Christian Responses -- 4. From Reticence to Polemic -- Part Two. Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised? Four Responses -- 5. The Celebration of Manhood -- 6. The Reduction of Lust and the Unmanning of Men -- 7. True Faith and the Exemption of Women -- 8. The Celebration of Womanhood -- Conclusion: Challenges to the Circumcision of Jewish Men -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Premodern Sources.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part One. Jewish Circumcision and Christian Polemics -- 1. A Canonical History of Jewish Circumcision -- 2. Were Jewish Women Ever Circumcised? -- 3. Christian Questions, Christian Responses -- 4. From Reticence to Polemic -- Part Two. Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised? Four Responses -- 5. The Celebration of Manhood -- 6. The Reduction of Lust and the Unmanning of Men -- 7. True Faith and the Exemption of Women -- 8. The Celebration of Womanhood -- Conclusion: Challenges to the Circumcision of Jewish Men -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Premodern Sources.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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