Endnote 12 – Why Did Joseph Shave?

Male circumcision was common among the ancient Egyptians, boys being circumcised in groups when they reached puberty. See “Circumcision—Who Did It, Who Didn’t and Why,” BAR 20:04, and C. de Wit, “La Circoncision chez les anciens Egyptiens,” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 90 (1972), pp. 41–48, and more recently, W. Westendorf, “Noch einmal: Das Wort ‘m‘.”