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Ancient rites and new laws: how should we regulate religious circumcision of minors?
- Correspondence to Dr Dena S Davis, Department of Religion Studies, Lehigh University, 9 W. Packer Avenue, 240 Maginnes Hall, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3075, USA; Dsd311{at}lehigh.edu
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Ancient rites and new laws: how should we regulate religious circumcision of minors?
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- Received March 13, 2013
- Accepted March 15, 2013
- First published May 22, 2013.
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April 27, 2016
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