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003			OCoLC
005			20240919195629.0
008			950404s1996 ilua b 001 0 eng
010			_a95016067
020			_a0226347842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dNLGGC _dBTCTA _dLVB _dBAKER _dYDXCP _dOCLCG _dZWZ _dHEBIS _dYWS _dOCLCQ _dBDX _dGPM _dOCLCO _dOCLCF
050	0	0	_aBM705 _b.H63 1996
100	1		_aHoffman, Lawrence A., _d1942- _924659
245	1	0	_aCovenant of blood : _bcircumcision and gender in rabbinic Judaism /
260			_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c©1996.
300			_a256 pages. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aChicago studies in the history of Judaism
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-251) and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
650		0	_aBerit milah _xHistory. _924660
650		0	_aBlood _xReligious aspects _xJudaism. _922636
650		0	_aWomen in rabbinical literature. _95180
650		0	_aRabbinical literature _xHistory and criticism. _94378
830		0	_aChicago studies in the history of Judaism. _912449
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