And here's another example of vicious hypocrisy:

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47. Like I said no evidence Jews practiced it

If it was an accepted practice, more likely they would have said so, because they do describe educational practice in some detail. They do have prohibitions and discouragments against doing anything the Greeks do. The Jews also had a prohibition against spilling seed "in vain," that is, not putting it inside a woman.

The Essenes were probably celibate, but clearly could read, so they wouldn't have done any kind of sex in exchange for education. John the Baptist was likely an Essene. Rabbis were generally expected to be married men. The Greeks and Romans enouraged homosexual sex for married men, but the Jews did not permit any type of sex outside marriage.

So.again, you have a slender reed that plays up Greek influences on Jewish culture, and plays.down clear.Jewish attempts to resist such influence.