The man is the head of the woman. God commanded circumcision - I don't think it mattered who did it. But the man was responsible.
I doubt it. Moses was responsible for circumcision, as the head of the family. However, Zipporah stepping in saved Moses' life. So it isn't that women are prohibited from circumcising.
God commanded Abraham and his seed to circumcise their males. Are females not also the seed of Abraham?
As we've mentioned, Zipporah averted God's wrath on Moses by circumcising. I don't think it really mattered who did the circumcision, or what tool s/he used, just so long as it was done. Isn't it sexist to exclude female involvement in the covenant, when the covenant was for male and female?
The man is the head of the family. But that isn't to say that women can't play a role. Zipporah circumcised Moses' son. Eunice was the reason Timothy could be circumcised.
Did Abraham only have male descendants? Did God say His covenant was only for male descendants? The covenant was for the circumcision of males, yes, but it was with Abraham and all his descendants, not only the male descendants.
I think God only commanded circumcision twice, and that was to two men. But by the same logic, He was only going to punish uncircumcision once, and that was remedied by a woman. Whether or not God commanded Zipporah, her actions satisfied the Lord's anger. The point I'm making is that the covenant doesn't specify who was to hold the izmel.
So Paul circumcised Timothy because he was a descendant of Abraham, through his mother? Therefore, Timothy's mother, Eunice, was a descendant of Abraham. Therefore, according to the covenant, the covenant applied to her also. After all, why else would Paul have circumcised Timothy?
Every male among you shall be circumcised. Not every male among you shall circumcise. The commandment to circumcise was to Abraham and his seed. Are females the seed of Abraham? If yes, then surely the commandment was to females also.
Where is it written that YHWH commanded one female to circumcise? Did YHWH command Sarah or Zipporah to perform circumcision? You have failed to provide scriptural support for your opinion. Zipporah performed circumcision, so you say "it doesn't matter who performs the circumcision"; yet you seem to ignore the fact that YHWH was angry with Moses. It is clear that YHWH commanded Abraham to circumcise every male among him. Sarah did not participate in the circumcision; she gave birth to Isaac. So now you want the mother to give birth to the son of promise, then you want her also to perform the circumcision on the 8th day. The mother gives birth; the father or priest performs the fleshly circumcision on the 8th day WITHout hands.
