Covenant of blood : circumcision and gender in rabbinic Judaism /
Hoffman, Lawrence A., 1942-
Covenant of blood : circumcision and gender in rabbinic Judaism / - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1996. - 256 pages. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Chicago studies in the history of Judaism . - Chicago studies in the history of Judaism. .
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.
0226347842 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226347834 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226347837 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226347844 (pbk. : alk. paper)
95016067
Berit milah--History.
Blood--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
BM705 / .H63 1996
Covenant of blood : circumcision and gender in rabbinic Judaism / - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1996. - 256 pages. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Chicago studies in the history of Judaism . - Chicago studies in the history of Judaism. .
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.
0226347842 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226347834 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226347837 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226347844 (pbk. : alk. paper)
95016067
Berit milah--History.
Blood--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Women in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
BM705 / .H63 1996