Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism - Shaye J. D. Cohen - Google Books

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Why aren't Jewish women circumcised? This improbable question, first advanced by anti-Jewish Christian polemicists, is the point of departure for this wide-ranging exploration of gender and Jewishness in Jewish thought. With a lively command of a wide…