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===Judaism===
In the Jewish religion, the tradition of circumcision goes back to a passage in the Book of Genesis (17, 10-14). It is seen as a [[Abrahamic covenant| covenant]] between God and man, dating back to the patriarch Abraham.
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The first Christians had been born Jewish, so a question arose whether one must be circumcised to be a Christian. When Christian leaders met at the [[Council at Jerusalem]] in the First Century to decide what was required to be a Christian, a letter was written to explain the requirements, but circumcision was omitted from the requirements.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+15%3A1-30&version=NASB
|title=Acts 15:1-30
Following the discovery of bacteria as a cause of many diseases – such as tuberculosis – the search began for other illnesses that could be prevented by circumcision.
In the 1920s it was penile cancer. [[Abraham L. Wolbarst]] (1926) claims that circumcision can prevent penile cancer.<ref name="wolbarst1926">{{REFjournal
|last=Wolbarst
|first=Abraham L.