Figure 2.4 Egyptian Circumcision

  

 
Figure 2.4 Egyptian Circumcision

Circumcision was not unique to the Israelites, as this Egyptian tomb painting from sixth dynasty (2350-2000 B.C.E.) Saqqara demonstrates, but the Israelites invested it with unique significance by using it as the mark of the covenant.

Line drawing by Barry Bandstra after a Saqqara tomb painting from the Sixth Dynasty (2350-2000 B.C.E.)