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At that time, Jewish males were only given the original style of circumcision, which only removed the tip ([[acroposthion]]) of the [[foreskin]], so they were still substantially covered by foreskin.<ref name="peron2000" /> Minimal stretching ([[tissue expansion]]) could easily recover the [[glans penis]] and make the Jewish male appear as the Greek culture demanded.
Hall (1992) reported that [[epispasm]] evidently was very popular with Jewish men and was practiced for several centuries. Hall believed that surgery was necessary, but that was not correct.<ref name="hall1992">{{REFjournal
|last=Hall
|init=RG
|author-link=
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/hall1/
|title=Epispasm: circumcision in reverse
|journal=Bible Review
|date=1992-08
|volume=
|issue=
|pages=52-7
|accessdate=2023-08-23
}}</ref> It apparently reached peak popularity in the first century C.E.
Epispasm did not sit well with the rabbinate. In the second century C.E. it was decreed that periah would be added to the ritual circumcision of infant Jewish boys.
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