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1 results for "circumcision"
1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 4.24-4.26 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •circumcision blood, rise in significance from early middle ages Found in books: Cohen (2010) 436
4.24. "And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.", 4.25. "Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said: ‘Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.’", 4.26. "So He let him alone. Then she said: ‘A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.’",
