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Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? gender and covenant in Judaism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
Subjects:	Berit milah > History. Circumcision > Religious aspects > Judaism. Women in rabbinical literature. Rabbinical literature > History and criticism. Jews > Identity. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.