Tacitus writes of the Jews that "Still they provide for the increase of their numbers. It is a crime among them to kill any newly-born infant." (http://www.pe

Tacitus writes of the Jews that "Still they provide for the increase of their numbers. It is a crime among them to kill any newly-born infant." (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0080%3Abook%3D5%3Achapter%3D5 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...) Were it otherwise in the peoples around them, would Tacitus have thought this worth of mention?