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This stage of Jewish circumcision was implemented in the 2nd century by hardline rabbis who wanted to make it difficult for Jewish men to [[Foreskin restoration|restore]].<ref>{{REFbook | This stage of Jewish circumcision was implemented in the 2nd century by hardline rabbis who wanted to make it difficult for Jewish men to [[Foreskin restoration|restore]].<ref>{{REFbook | ||
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| year=2005 | |author-link=Leonard Glick | ||
| title=Marked in Your Flesh | |year=2005 | ||
| url= | |title=Marked in Your Flesh | ||
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| pages=44 | |chapter=<q>This Is My Covenant</q>, Circumcision in the World of Temple Judaism | ||
| location=New York, New York | |pages=44 | ||
| publisher=Oxford University Press | |location=New York, New York | ||
| isbn=0-19-517674-X | |publisher=Oxford University Press | ||
| quote=For obvious reasons this was anathema to the rabbis: tantamount to rejection of Judaism and defiance of rabbinic authority. | |isbn=0-19-517674-X | ||
| accessdate=2011-09-23 | |quote=For obvious reasons this was anathema to the rabbis: tantamount to rejection of Judaism and defiance of rabbinic authority. | ||
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It was customary for Greek athletes at the time to compete naked, and Jewish men were [[Foreskin restoration|stretching]] out their foreskins to match their Greek counterparts, from at least as early as the 2nd century BCE.<ref>{{REFbook | It was customary for Greek athletes at the time to compete naked, and Jewish men were [[Foreskin restoration|stretching]] out their foreskins to match their Greek counterparts, from at least as early as the 2nd century BCE.<ref>{{REFbook | ||
| last=Glick | |last=Glick | ||
| first=Leonard | |first=Leonard | ||
| year=2005 | |author-link=Leonard Glick | ||
| title=Marked in Your Flesh | |year=2005 | ||
| url= | |title=Marked in Your Flesh | ||
| work= | |url= | ||
| editor= | |work= | ||
| edition= | |editor= | ||
| volume= | |edition= | ||
| chapter= | |volume= | ||
| pages=44 | |chapter=<q>This Is My Covenant</q>, Circumcision in the World of Temple Judaism | ||
| location=New York, New York | |pages=44 | ||
| publisher=Oxford University Press | |location=New York, New York | ||
| isbn=0-19-517674-X | |publisher=Oxford University Press | ||
| quote=Foreskin stretching (called "uncircumcision," or epispasm) appears to have been a common practice among Hellenized Jewish men... | |isbn=0-19-517674-X | ||
| accessdate=2011-09-23 | |quote=Foreskin stretching (called "uncircumcision," or epispasm) appears to have been a common practice among Hellenized Jewish men... | ||
| note= | |accessdate=2011-09-23 | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||