Adult circumcision

[KatieM2]

The Brit Malah and Brit Pariah are different, we know how Jews prior to the Second Century A.D. did it because it is in recorded history, and also talked about in the Book of Macabees to some extent. Jews began stretching the ends of their prepuce to extend further to “blend in” with Greek society, where being naked around other was common, and thus in the Second Century A.D. a much more extensive cutting was introduced to make sure they couldn’t blend in anymore. See this for more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_male_circumcision. Again, this is just simply known history, so yes, Jesus and other first Century Jews and before would have had no familiarity with the extent of the procedure that is commonly done today in American hospitals.

I don’t have my Bible with me so can’t check the relevant verse but I’m sure God told Abraham to cut off his foreskin, not just the very end of it. And the covenant surely is also an obligation to remove the whole thing.

 

[Benedictus]

Not a personal story per se, but I did know a guy who got circumcised as an adult for a similar reason. He later regretted it due to lost sensitivity. He felt lied to when he found out there were better ways of treating his situation. Some of the same techniques used for foreskin restoration can be used to treat phimosis.

 

[Blacksword]

I don’t have my Bible with me so can’t check the relevant verse but I’m sure God told Abraham to cut off his foreskin, not just the very end of it. And the covenant surely is also an obligation to remove the whole thing.

The Bible doesn’t specify what exactly Abraham did, but we know from historical sources what Jews did prior to about 140 A.D., after which time the Brit Pariah was introduced. This is not open to debate unfortunately, it is just known historical fact in the same way that Lincoln’s assassination is, take it or leave it:shrug: