According to the historian Josephus, for example, when the Maccabean John Hyrcanus subdued the Idumaeans, he “permitted them to remain in their country so long as they had themselves circumcised and were willing to observe the laws of the Jews. ”
مثلا ،‏ استنادا الى المؤرخ يوسيفوس ،‏ عندما اخضع المكابي يوحنا هيركانوس الادوميين ،‏ « سمح لهم بالبقاء في بلدهم شرط ان يُختتنوا ويكونوا على استعداد لحفظ شرائع اليهود » .‏