An edition of Imagining the fetus
(2009)
Imagining the fetus
the unborn in myth, religion, and culture
by Jane Marie Law and Vanessa R. Sasson
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Theological anthropology, Fetus, Religious aspects, Buddhismus, Religion, Philosophische Anthropologie, Kultur, Embryo, Mythen, Mythology, Christentum, Mythologie, Judentum, Cultural Characteristics, Ungeborenes Kind, Theologische Anthropologie, Ungeborenes, Fetus, religious aspects, Theological anthropolgy| Edition | Availability |
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Imagining the fetus: the unborn in myth, religion, and culture
2009, Oxford University Press
in English
0195380045 9780195380040
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Restoring nuance to the imagination of the fetus
The Hindu story of Samkarsana's and K.R.S.Na's births : a drama involving embryos
The great men of Jainism in utero
A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences
Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture & classical Indian medical literature
Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus
Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation
Feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in sikhism
Embryology in the ancient Near East
Famous fetuses in Rabbinic literature
The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature
A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature
The colossal fetuses of la venta and mesoamerica' earliest creation story
Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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