Was Abraham Father of the Jews or of Humanity?

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

Male circumcision is a good thing for both men and women, and hardly persecution.

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but None of These Diseases goes into it some.

It’s been decades, probably more than five, since I read the first edition paperback, so I can’t speak to the latest version, but I still remember the bit about circumcision, its multiple benefits for men and women, and the timing with respect to the baby’s vitamin K level. It also mentions trichinosis and the prohibition on pork, and I think shellfish and high cholesterol and maybe food allergens, among other things.

The baby’s own vit. K production overshoots the mom’s level and peaks on the eighth day before stabilizing. Guess what day the Bible mandates circumcision (I don’t think Whitman mentions that).