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Kessler shows how the rabbis of the third through sixth centuries turned to non-Jewish writings on embryology and procreation to explicate the biblical insistence on the primacy of God's role in procreation at the expense of the biological parents.

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"A significant contribution to the reconstruction of rabbinic culture in late antiquity." * Denise Kimber Buell, Williams College *

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Torah of the Fetus
Chapter 2. Covenantal Fetuses
Chapter 3. And the Sons Struggled
Chapter 4. Embryology as Theology
Chapter 5. Reproductive Theology
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 23 September 2009
      ISBN-13 9780812241754
      978-0812241754
      ISBN-10 0812241754
      Also in:
      Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kessler shows how the rabbis of the third through sixth centuries turned to non-Jewish writings on embryology and procreation to explicate the biblical insistence on the primacy of God's role in procreation at the expense of the biological parents.

      Trade Review
      "A significant contribution to the reconstruction of rabbinic culture in late antiquity." * Denise Kimber Buell, Williams College *

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1. The Torah of the Fetus
      Chapter 2. Covenantal Fetuses
      Chapter 3. And the Sons Struggled
      Chapter 4. Embryology as Theology
      Chapter 5. Reproductive Theology
      Epilogue
      Notes
      References
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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