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Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism)
Lawrence A. Hoffman
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| #1692157 in Books | University Of Chicago Press | 1996-01-01 | 1996-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.80 x6.00l,.80 | File type: PDF | 262 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Magnificent--One of the Most Fascinating, Learned, Original Books Written Regarding Circumcision|By J. Steven Svoboda|Rabbinical scholar Lawrence A. Hoffman has written that rarest of books: A learned, well-referenced, thoughtful academic work on a very focused topic that nevertheless manages to engage, even grip the reader. Circumcision, Hoffman notes, has long been the sine q|From the Back Cover|Combining a close reading of rabbinic texts with an interdisciplinary method drawn from the human sciences, this is an important contribution to Jewish studies and gender studies.|About the Author|
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 sub...
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