You are hereHomeBible ReviewAugust 1992Epispasm—Circumcision in Reverse See Maccabees 2:30–31, 3:21, 7:10–15. See also Victor A. Tcherikover, Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1959), pp. 311, 313. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.