Cohen, Shaye J. D. <br/><br/>
Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? :  gender and covenant in Judaism /  [manuscript] : 
Shaye J.D. Cohen. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2005. 
 - xvii, 317 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0520212509 (hbk) :  $22.81 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004030699 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Berit milah--History.<br/>Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Women in rabbinical literature.<br/>Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.<br/>Jews--Identity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM705  / .C65 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.4/422