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Episode 305: The Jewish History of Circumcision - Shaye Cohen

Judaism Unbound

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Is the Circumcision Bout Really Wants, Is Metaphorical Circumcision, Not Real Circumcision?

There was a concern among jews that they didn't want to appear circumcise. People were actually kind of trying to reverse the circumcision, so which you could do because only it a small amount of the foreskin was cut off. So they made a change that you have to cut it all off, so that basically it would become impossible to reverse a circumcision. By we have jews who are trying very hard to disguise their circumcision. Now will loom large in later christian reading ofof the tara. Cristians will argue, ask, the circumcision bout really wants, is metaphorical circumcision, not real circumcision? To which jews will reply, maybe god wants both.

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