Circumcision also changed drastically since Biblical times. Originally it was just the amputation of the portion of the foreskin that extended beyond the glans, or milah. Due to social pressure from the Greeks, who viewed an exposed glans as obscene, many Jewish men stretched their remaining foreskins to fully cover the glans. Many Rabbis saw this as blasphemous, so they added a second step of uncovering the glans, or periah. The first known record of this is from circa 150 AD.
Circumcision also changed drastically since Biblical times. Originally it was just the amputation of the portion of the foreskin that extended beyond the glans, or milah. Due to social pressure from the Greeks, who viewed an exposed glans as obscene, many Jewish men stretched their remaining foreskins to fully cover the glans. Many Rabbis saw this as blasphemous, so they added a second step of uncovering the glans, or periah. The first known record of this is from circa 150 AD.