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Circumcision




Circumcision


‎Circumcision is practiced by many peoples of the Near East, but not by the Greeks who were looking down on this custom as self-mutilation. Apparently the Babylonians and Assyrians did not circumcise themselves either. In Israel circumcision was executed with a sharp stone For the Israelites it became a sign of distinction from the people around them, especially in postexilic times. In Early Christianity it was intensively discussed whether Gentiles should be circumcised when they became Christians.
‎Gen 17:10–24; 21:4; 34:15–24; Exod 4:25–26; Josh 5:2–8; 1 Macc 1:48–49; Luke 1:59; Acts 15:1; Rom 2:25–28

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