Editing Infanticide (section)

=====Judaism=====
[[File:Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 028.png|thumbnail|In this depiction of the [[Binding of Isaac]] by [[Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld]], 1860, Abraham is shown not sacrificing Isaac.]]
Judaism prohibits infanticide, and has for some time, dating back to at least the early [[Common Era]]. Roman historians wrote about the ideas and customs of other peoples, which often diverged from their own. [[Tacitus]] recorded that the Jews "take thought to increase their numbers, for they regard it as a crime to kill any late-born children".<ref name="Histories">{{Cite book| last = Tacitus| author-link = Tacitus| title =The Histories| publisher =William Heinemann| year =1931| location =London|page=Volume V, 183| no-pp = true| title-link = The Histories (Tacitus)}}</ref> [[Josephus]], whose works give an important insight into 1st-century Judaism, wrote that God "forbids women to cause abortion of what is begotten, or to destroy it afterward".<ref>{{Cite book| last = Josephus| author-link = Josephus| title =The Works of Flavius Josephus, "Against Apion"| publisher = [[Harvard University Press]]| year =1976| location =Cambridge| page =II.25, 597}}</ref>