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==Religious circumcision and violence==
===Judaism===
It is not clear when the Jews started circumcision, but is clear that it was done at in 1406 B.C. BCE at [[Gilgal]] in what must have been a highly traumatic event. According to Professor [[Leonard Glick]], Chapter 17 of Genesis (containing the alleged [[Abrahamic covenant]]) was not added to the book of Genesis until after the Babylonian captivity, which ended in 538 BCE.
The [[Brit Milah]] in which a [[circumcised]] [[mohel]] reenacts his own traumatic circumcision upon a newborn boy on the eighth day of life is a standard feature of [[Judaism]].