Episode 305: The Jewish History of Circumcision - Shaye Cohen
Judaism Unbound
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The Book of Jubilees
i would love to hear from you what happens next in the story. How does jubilee, this book that didn't quite make it in, but does seem to have been authoritative for some groups of jews? And then how in the mishna antalma does it take some next steps? Because, spoiler, alleart, it seems that people in the talmod are all of a sudden saying, wow, circumcision is great and extraordinary. It's not just that we do it like it's superawesome. So i'm curious, you know, what some of those texts are and how we got there.
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