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Circumcision Covenant

The Circumcision Covenant is a biblical covenant, specifically a divine agreement in the Pentateuch, in which God binds Abraham and his male descendants to the practice of circumcision as a perpetual sign of their chosen status and obligation to the Abrahamic promises.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism.

Hagar Salamon, Lawrence A. Hoffman · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1998 · 78 citations

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Why aren't Jewish women circumcised?: gender and covenant in Judaism

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 57 citations

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Circumcision as a Marker of Identity: Philo, Origen and the Rabbis on Gen 17:1–14

Maren R. Niehoff · Jewish Studies Quarterly · 2003 · 55 citations

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Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism

Naomi Steinberg, Lawrence A. Hoffman · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1998 · 52 citations

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A covenant with the status quo? Male circumcision and the new BMA guidance to doctors

Marie Fox, Michael Thomson · Journal of Medical Ethics · 2005 · 49 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. LA
    Lawrence A. Hoffman

    Medical College of Wisconsin, United States

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  2. OT
    Olivia Tulloch

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  3. YS
    Yechiel Schlesinger

    Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. OT
    Ori Toker

    Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. BK
    Baafuor Kofi Opoku

    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

    1 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Kumasi, Ghana

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  2. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  3. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  4. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  5. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

  6. Fuller Theological Seminary

    Pasadena, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

  8. Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

    JSOT · 3 publications · 77 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 57 citations

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  3. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

    JRAI · 1 publications · 78 citations

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  4. Jewish Studies Quarterly

    JSQ · 1 publications · 55 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 11 citations

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