Why Aren T Jewish Women Circumcised
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Why Aren T Jewish Women Circumcised
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Author : Shaye J. D. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-09-06
Why Aren T Jewish Women Circumcised written by Shaye J. D. Cohen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-06 with Religion categories.
"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
The Covenant Of Circumcision
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Author : Elizabeth Wyner Mark
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2003
The Covenant Of Circumcision written by Elizabeth Wyner Mark and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
Scholars and rabbis examine the complicated history and contemporary challenges of the Jewish rite of circumcision.
Why Aren T Jewish Women Circumcised
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Author : Shaye J. D. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-09-06
Why Aren T Jewish Women Circumcised written by Shaye J. D. Cohen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-06 with Religion categories.
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 range of Jewish sources—from the Bible and the Talmud to the legal and philosophical writings of the Middle Ages to Enlightenment thinkers and modern scholars—Shaye J. D. Cohen considers the varied responses to this provocative question and in the process provides the fullest cultural history of Jewish circumcision available.
Male Female Circumcision
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Author : Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Male Female Circumcision written by Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Religion categories.
The Life Of Judaism
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Author : Harvey E. Goldberg
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001-12-11
The Life Of Judaism written by Harvey E. Goldberg and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-11 with Religion categories.
This book offers readers an insider's view into the ways Judaism is lived and experienced. it presents narrative and ethnographic accounts of present day Jewish practices the rituals, communities, and political involvement.
The Light Of Days
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Author : Judy Batalion
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-04-15
The Light Of Days written by Judy Batalion and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of the most important untold stories of World War II, The Light of Days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who inspired Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland - some still in their teens - became the heart of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis. With courage, guile and nerves of steel, these 'ghetto girls' smuggled guns in loaves of bread and coded intelligence messages in their plaited hair. They helped build life-saving systems of underground bunkers and sustained thousands of Jews in safe hiding places. They bribed Gestapo guards with liquor, assassinated Nazis and sabotaged German supply lines. The Light of Days at last reveals the real history of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known feats have been eclipsed by time. [A] powerful book . . . The actions of these young women, carefully brought back to life by Batalion, turn much of what we believe we know about the Holocaust on its head. -- Jenni Frazer ? Jewish Chronicle Remarkable and inspiring . . . thanks to Judy's meticulous research, these near century old stories of resistance in the face of overwhelming odds are about to be read once again ? Daily Express
Transcultural Bodies
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Author : Ylva Hernlund
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2007-06-07
Transcultural Bodies written by Ylva Hernlund and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-07 with Social Science categories.
Female "circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a practice that has generated international dispute and continues to be at the center of debates over women's rights, the limits of cultural pluralism, the balance of power between local cultures, international human rights, and feminist activism. In our increasingly globalized world, these practices have also begun immigrating to other nations, where transnational complexities vex debates about how to resolve the issue. Bringing together thirteen essays, Transcultural Bodies provides an ethnographically rich exploration of FGC among African diasporas in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women's voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations.
Covenant Of Blood
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Author : Lawrence A. Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1996
Covenant Of Blood written by Lawrence A. Hoffman and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Literary Criticism categories.
Central to both biblical narrative and rabbinic commentary, circumcision has remained a defining rite of Jewish identity, a symbol so powerful that challenges to it have always been considered taboo. Lawrence Hoffman seeks to find out why circumcision holds such an important place in the Jewish psyche. He traces the symbolism of circumcision through Jewish history, examining its evolution as a symbol of the covenant in the post-exilic period of the Bible and its subsequent meaning in the formative era of Mishnah and Talmud. In the rabbinic system, Hoffman argues, circumcision was neither a birth ritual nor the beginning of the human life cycle, but a rite of covenantal initiation into a male "life line." Although the evolution of the rite was shaped by rabbinic debates with early Christianity, the Rabbis shared with the church a view of blood as providing salvation. Hoffman examines the particular significance of circumcision blood, which, in addition to its salvific role, contrasted with menstrual blood to symbolize the gender dichotomy within the rabbinic system. His analysis of the Rabbis' views of circumcision and menstrual blood sheds light on the marginalization of women in rabbinic law. Differentiating official mores about gender from actual practice, Hoffman surveys women's spirituality within rabbinic society and examines the roles mothers played in their sons' circumcisions until the medieval period, when they were finally excluded.
Marked In Your Flesh
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Author : Leonard B. Glick
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2005-06-30
Marked In Your Flesh written by Leonard B. Glick and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-30 with Religion categories.
The book of Genesis tells us that God made a covenant with Abraham, promising him a glorious posterity on the condition that he and all his male descendents must be circumcised. For thousands of years thereafter, the distinctive practice of circumcision served to set the Jews apart from their neighbors. The apostle Paul rejected it as a worthless practice, emblematic of Judaism's fixation on physical matters. Christian theologians followed his lead, arguing that whereas Christians sought spiritual fulfillment, Jews remained mired in such pointless concerns as diet and circumcision. As time went on, Europeans developed folklore about malicious Jews who performed sacrificial murders of Christian children and delighted in genital mutilation. But Jews held unwaveringly to the belief that being a Jewish male meant being physically circumcised and to this day even most non-observant Jews continue to follow this practice. In this book, Leonard B. Glick offers a history of Jewish and Christian beliefs about circumcision from its ancient origins to the current controversy. By the turn of the century, more and more physicians in America and England--but not, interestingly, in continental Europe--were performing the procedure routinely. Glick shows that Jewish American physicians were and continue to be especially vocal and influential champions of the practice which, he notes, serves to erase the visible difference between Jewish and gentile males. Informed medical opinion is now unanimous that circumcision confers no benefit and the practice has declined. In Jewish circles it is virtually taboo to question circumcision, but Glick does not flinch from asking whether this procedure should continue to be the defining feature of modern Jewish identity.
From Abraham To America
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Author : Eric Kline Silverman
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2006
From Abraham To America written by Eric Kline Silverman and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
Silverman's new book is a comprehensive overview of Jewish circumcision throughout history. Beginning with Genesis, the author traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture, and ends with the current debate over Jewish and routine medical circumcision in America. This book is essential reading in Jewish studies, medical sociology, and Judaic studies/theology.