TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoffman,Lawrence A.
TI  - Covenant of blood: circumcision and gender in rabbinic Judaism 
T2  - Chicago studies in the history of Judaism
SN  - 0226347842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BM705 .H63 1996
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Berit milah
KW  - History
KW  - Blood
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Women in rabbinical literature
KW  - Rabbinical literature
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 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
ER  -