Covenant of blood : circumcision and gender in rabbinic Judaism / Lawrence A. Hoffman.
By: Hoffman, Lawrence A
Material type: TextSeries: Chicago studies in the history of Judaism: Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0226347834 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226347842 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Berit milah -- History | Blood -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Women in rabbinical literature | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticismDDC classification: 296.4/422 LOC classification: BM705 | .H63 1996Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical informationItem type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-251) and index.
1. Circumcision as symbol in the Jewish psyche -- 2. Bible and birth : some priestly public meanings -- 3. Interlude from priests to rabbis : origins of a liturgy -- 4. Reconstructing the rite -- 5. Reconstructing the rabbinic meaning system -- 6. Wine, blood, and salvation in Rabbinic Judaism -- 7. Blood, salvation, works, and faith : circumcision in early Judaism and Christianity -- 8. Gender opposition in Rabbinic Judaism : free-flowing blood in a culture of control -- 9. Control and transformation : "The raw and the cooked" in Rabbinic culture -- 10. Women's spirituality and the presence of mothers in Rabbinic ritual -- 11. Medieval Rabbinism and the ritual marginalization of women -- Afterword: Brit or Milah? : circumcision in American culture -- Notes -- Index.
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