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A Jewish ceremony for newborn girls : the Torah's covenant affirmed / Sharon R. Siegel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: HBI series on Jewish womenPublisher: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (311 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611684056
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish ceremony for newborn girls : the Torah's covenant affirmed.DDC classification:
  • 296.4/43 23
LOC classification:
  • BM706 .S54 2014
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Contents:
I. Naming and welcoming. Traditional Ashkenazic naming practices for girls -- A first and only naming -- New modern practices for baby girls -- II. covenant. Women and covenant -- The conflation of covenant and circumcision -- A central covenantal ritual for girls -- Conveying the covenantal theme -- III. A tradition of customs. Ceremonies for newborn girls as developing customs -- An eighth-day ceremony for newborn Jewish girls.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Naming and welcoming. Traditional Ashkenazic naming practices for girls -- A first and only naming -- New modern practices for baby girls -- II. covenant. Women and covenant -- The conflation of covenant and circumcision -- A central covenantal ritual for girls -- Conveying the covenantal theme -- III. A tradition of customs. Ceremonies for newborn girls as developing customs -- An eighth-day ceremony for newborn Jewish girls.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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