Table of Contents: Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? :

Main Author:	Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Series:	S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Subjects:	Berit milah > History. Circumcision > Religious aspects > Judaism. Women in rabbinical literature. Rabbinical literature > History and criticism. Jews > Identity. RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice. RELIGION > Judaism > General. Berit milah. Rabbinical literature.
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Table of Contents:

Jewish circumcision and Christian polemics. A canonical history of Jewish circumcision
Were Jewish women ever circumcised?
Christian questions, Christian responses
From reticence to polemic
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.