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M*W: As seen in surviving mummies, the ancient practice of circumcision didn't start with the Hebrews as previously thought. (Ahmed Osman in Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion)
In the book Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs: The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus, by Ahmed Osman, he states:
"Before the account of the change in Sarai's name, we are told that part of the Lord's covenant with Abraham involved the stipulation that, before the birth of the child to be born to Sarai, all male children should be circumcised when eight days old, a practice that had been confined until then solely to the Egyptians among ancient nations."
It was historically much later that the Jews began to observe the ancient Egyptian custom of circumcision. Even though it brought no promise of eternal life, the Jews turned the practice into Mosaic Law.
Long before the building of the pyramids, circumcision was practiced in Egypt. Egyptian custom of the dedication of the sexual organs to the gods of fertility was considered a sacred rite. The higher eschalons of Egyptian society considered this rite compulsory. Only later did this practice trickle down to the ancient Hebrews. Abraham was not the first.
"Circumcision prevailed among the early Ethiopians, Phoenicians, Syrians, Idumeans, Moabites and Ishmaelites."
Taken from Symbols, Sex, and the Stars, by Ernest Busenbark, he goes on to state:
"The words sacrifice and sacrament are from the Latin word sacer, meaning sacred. Sacer appears to be cognate with the Hebrew word zakar, meaning phallus. The words test, testify,and testimony are derived from the ancient practice of swearing by the testes and the custom has prevailed among Arabs until modern times.
It's been my long-held observation that most art and artifacts depict phallic symbols as being circumcised, but then, that's just me. What do you think about it?
M*W: As seen in surviving mummies, the ancient practice of circumcision didn't start with the Hebrews as previously thought. (Ahmed Osman in Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion)
In the book Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs: The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus, by Ahmed Osman, he states:
"Before the account of the change in Sarai's name, we are told that part of the Lord's covenant with Abraham involved the stipulation that, before the birth of the child to be born to Sarai, all male children should be circumcised when eight days old, a practice that had been confined until then solely to the Egyptians among ancient nations."
It was historically much later that the Jews began to observe the ancient Egyptian custom of circumcision. Even though it brought no promise of eternal life, the Jews turned the practice into Mosaic Law.
Long before the building of the pyramids, circumcision was practiced in Egypt. Egyptian custom of the dedication of the sexual organs to the gods of fertility was considered a sacred rite. The higher eschalons of Egyptian society considered this rite compulsory. Only later did this practice trickle down to the ancient Hebrews. Abraham was not the first.
"Circumcision prevailed among the early Ethiopians, Phoenicians, Syrians, Idumeans, Moabites and Ishmaelites."
Taken from Symbols, Sex, and the Stars, by Ernest Busenbark, he goes on to state:
"The words sacrifice and sacrament are from the Latin word sacer, meaning sacred. Sacer appears to be cognate with the Hebrew word zakar, meaning phallus. The words test, testify,and testimony are derived from the ancient practice of swearing by the testes and the custom has prevailed among Arabs until modern times.
It's been my long-held observation that most art and artifacts depict phallic symbols as being circumcised, but then, that's just me. What do you think about it?
