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050 00 $aBM705$b.C65 2005
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aCohen, Shaye J. D.
245 10 $aWhy aren't Jewish women circumcised? :$bgender and covenant in Judaism /$cShaye J.D. Cohen.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2005.
300 $axvii, 317 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes.
505 0 $aPt. 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.
650 0 $aBerit milah$xHistory.
650 0 $aCircumcision$xReligious aspects$xJudaism.
650 0 $aWomen in rabbinical literature.
650 0 $aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aJews$xIdentity.
994 $aC0$bXIM