Stiebert, J (2013) Human conception in antiquity: The Hebrew Bible in context. Theology and Sexuality, 16 (3). ISSN 1355-8358
Abstract
This article explores ideas concerning human conception as reflected in the Hebrew Bible in particular. After reviewing above all biological texts from ancient Indian, Greek and Roman sources, the various clues as to how human conception may have been understood in the ancient Hebrew context are thoroughly investigated. The notion that Aristotelian ideas of preformationism and pneuma inform the Hebrew Bible is refuted. Instead, both divine and female contributions to conception appear to be more prominent.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Hebrew Bible; human conception |
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| Institution: | The University of Leeds |
| Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Humanities (Leeds) > School of Theology & Religious Studies (Leeds) |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2014 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2016 07:36 |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/tse.v16i3.209 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Equinox |
| Identification Number: | 10.1558/tse.v16i3.209 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:81526 |
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