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Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism
Shaye J. D. Cohen
Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism
Shaye J. D. Cohen
Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? This question, advanced by anti-Jewish Christian polemicists, is the point of departure for this exploration of gender and Jewishness in Jewish thought. The author considers the varied responses to this question and in the process provides the cultural history of Jewish circumcision available.
334 pages, 3 b/w photographs
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 6, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780520212503 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 334 |
Dimensions | 159 × 232 × 25 mm · 606 g |
Language | English |
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