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

by Shaye J.D. Cohen

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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 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520212509

ISBN13:9780520212503

Release Date:September 2005

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:334 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Jewish Life Judaism Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences Women's Studies

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