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Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism
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Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition

by Shaye J. Cohen


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What happens at a Jewish circumcision?

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"This book represents engaged scholarship at its very best. Cohen presents the vast range of texts at his command with brevity and wit. Elegantly written, this is a very stimulating book that is sure to provoke admiration, discussion, and controversy."--David Biale, author of Cultures of the Jews

"A distinguished and wide-ranging work of scholarship. Cohen's definitive discussion of the covenant of circumcision enhances our understanding of Jewish identity formation, women's status in Judaism, Jewish-Christian polemic, and the impact of diverse cultural environments on the evolution of Jewish tradition."--Judith R. Baskin, author of Midrashic Women

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  • Title Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism
  • Author Shaye J. Cohen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 334
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 2005-09-06
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780520212503 / 0520212509
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.34 x 1.03 in (23.52 x 16.10 x 2.62 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004030699
  • Dewey Decimal Code 296.442

About the author

Shaye J. D. Cohen is Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties (California, 1999), From the Maccabees to the Mishnah (1987), and Josephus in Galilee and Rome: His Vita and Development as a Historian (1979).
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