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Originally Posted by Millie  At any rate, a girl once asked why Michelangelo's David was uncircumcized. This should not be the case, because David was Jewish, and circumcision was routinely practiced by the Jews long before David's birth. The answer was that Michelangelo used an uncircumcized Italian model while sculpting. Kinky! |
The original Biblical circumcision of Abraham's time was a relatively minor ritual circumcision procedure in which only the redundant end of the foreskin extending beyond the tip of the glans was removed. This was called "Milah". Following "Milah", a penis so circumcised would still contain a considerable portion of the foreskin and the penis would have continued to go through its natural development since most of the foreskin would have remained intact. Protection of the glans would still have occurred. The foreskin would not be stripped back off the glans and would naturally separate from the glans gradually as the child matures, much as it would had the child not been circumcised. This type circumcision continued throughout the ages and during the time of Christ. Michelangelo presented David precisely as he should have appeared following an infant "Milah" circumcision. His glans is essentially covered with only the tip of the glans showing.