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  • SteamedHamberder [he/him]M
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    3 years ago

    We know that lots of middle eastern cultures practiced circumcision, and we know that the practice came into conflict with Hellenistic practices once Alexander conquered Judaea (this was around 300 BCE I think?). Some Jews began a practice to reverse circumcision so that they could compete in sports in the Greek Gymnasium without looking "different" from the pagan Greeks.

      • SteamedHamberder [he/him]M
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        3 years ago

        We don’t have a whole lot of sources outside the Hebrew Bible, but only one nation in the Levantine was specifically identified as intact (uncircumcised)- the Philistines who may have been Minoan or Greek originally. In the book of Joshua, flint knives (sharper than bronze) are referenced as a tool for circumcision.