Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism by Lawrence A. Hoffman
Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism

Lawrence A. Hoffman

Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism

Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism

Lawrence A. Hoffman

262 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
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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 circumci...

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