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'''Gilgal''' is the name of the location in the hill country of [[Israel]], west of the River Jordan, and about ten miles north of the city of Jericho. The Israelites camped here after crossing the River Jordan in 1406 B.C.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A10&version=KJV | |||
|title=Joshua 5:10 | |||
|publisher=KJV | |||
|website=Bible Gateway | |||
|date=1611 | |||
|accessdate=2020-02-29 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
The Israelites, led by Moses, who apparently was ''not'' [[circumcised]] and seems to have placed little importance on the practice, did not practice [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] while they trekked in the wilderness for forty years.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A5&version=KJV | |||
|title=Joshua 5:5 | |||
|publisher=KJV | |||
|website=Bible Gateway | |||
|date=1611 | |||
|accessdate=2020-02-29 | |||
}}</ref> All of the [[circumcised]] warrior class who had left Egypt had died, and no warriors remained alive.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A4&version=KJV | |||
|title=Joshua 5:4 | |||
|publisher=KJV | |||
|website=Bible Gateway | |||
|date=1611 | |||
|accessdate=2020-02-29 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
After the death of Moses, Joshua assumed command of the Israelites. Joshua was faced with the conquest of Canaan,<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+6-12&version=KJV | |||
|title=Joshua 6-12 | |||
|publisher=KJV | |||
|website=Bible Gateway | |||
|date=1611 | |||
|accessdate=2020-03-09 | |||
}}</ref> so he needed warriors. Lloyd deMause (1996) reports that [[Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma| childhood trauma]] (including circumcision) makes the subject more angry, aggressive, and violent.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=deMause | |||
|first=Lloyd | |||
|init=L | |||
|author-link= | |||
|etal=no | |||
|title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence - Part 4 | |||
|journal=J Psychohist | |||
|date=1996-05 | |||
|volume=23 | |||
|issue=4 | |||
|pages=344-92 | |||
|url=http://primal-page.com/ldfetal4.htm | |||
|pubmedID=11609155 | |||
|pubmedCID= | |||
|DOI= | |||
|accessdate=2020-02-27 | |||
}}</ref> <ref name="glass2003">{{REFweb | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/glass3/ | |||
|title=What the Bible Reveals About Circumcision and Sexual Violence | |||
|last=Glass | |||
|first=Michael | |||
|init= | |||
|publisher=Circumcision Reference Library | |||
|date=2003 | |||
|accessdate=2022-11-08 | |||
}}</ref> Joshua must have known of that [[circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)| adverse childhood experience]] with traumatic effects, because he caused all of the male children born during the forty years in the wilderness to be [[circumcised]] in a mass circumcision at Gilgal to create warriors in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref name="Joshua 5:3">{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A3&version=KJV | |||
|title=Joshua 5:3 | |||
|publisher=KJV | |||
|website=Bible Gateway | |||
|date=1611 | |||
|accessdate=2020-02-29 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref name="Joshua 5:3"/> | |||
== Name adoption == | |||
The name "Gilgal" was adopted as the name of an infamous British circumcision fetish [[Gilgal Society|society]]. | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Circumcision and violence]] | |||
* [[Israel]] | |||
* [[Pain]] | |||
* [[Trauma]] | |||
{{REF}} | |||
[[Category:Circumcision]] | |||
[[Category:Israel]] | |||
[[Category:Judaism]] | |||
[[Category:Religion]] | |||
[[Category:Psychology]] | |||
[[Category:History]] | |||
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