Endnote 11 – Why Did Joseph Shave?

H. Junker, “Vorschriften für den tempelkult in Philä,” Analecta Biblica 12 (1956), pp. 151–160. When the reference is to adult males, this is the only interpretation that is appropriate to all the occurrences. See W. Westendorf, “Noch einmal: Das Wort ‘m‘ — Knabe/Jüngling/Unbeschnittener/Unreiner,” Göttinger Miszellen 206 (2005), pp. 103–110; Pace E. Feucht, “Pharaonische Beschneidung,” in S. Meyer, Egypt—Temple of the Whole World/ Ágypten—Tempel der Gesamten Welt: Studies in Honour of Jan Assmann (Leiden: Brill, 2003), pp. 81–94.