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  • SteamedHamberder [he/him]M
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    3 年前

    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 年前

        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.