The Resource Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture, edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law
Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture, edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law
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- Summary
- This volume presents essays that explore the depiction of the fetus in the world's major religious traditions, finding some striking commonalities as well as intriguing differences
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 305 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus
- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos
- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey
- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences
- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature
- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus
- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation
- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism
- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible
- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature
- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives
- 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
- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin
- Isbn
- 9781281925657
- Label
- Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture
- Title
- Imagining the fetus
- Title remainder
- the unborn in myth, religion, and culture
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law
- Subject
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- Ungeborenes Kind
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Embryo -- Mythen
- Embryo -- Religion
- Fetus -- Mythen
- Fetus -- Religion
- Fetus -- Religious aspects
- Fetus -- Religious aspects
- Kultur
- Mythen -- Embryo
- Mythen -- Fetus
- Mythologie
- RELIGION -- Faith
- Religion
- Religion -- Embryo
- Religion -- Fetus
- Theological anthropology
- Theological anthropology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This volume presents essays that explore the depiction of the fetus in the world's major religious traditions, finding some striking commonalities as well as intriguing differences
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 202/.2
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- BL256
- LC item number
- .I43 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Sasson, Vanessa R
- Law, Jane Marie
- American Academy of Religion
- Series statement
- American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Fetus
- Theological anthropology
- RELIGION
- Fetus
- Theological anthropology
- Embryo
- Mythen
- Fetus
- Religion
- Embryo
- Religion
- Fetus
- Mythen
- Ungeborenes Kind
- Mythologie
- Religion
- Kultur
- Label
- Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture, edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- 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 -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin
- Control code
- 308634438
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 305 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281925657
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786611925659
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 192565
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)308634438
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture, edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- 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 -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin
- Control code
- 308634438
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 305 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281925657
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786611925659
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 192565
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)308634438
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Ungeborenes Kind
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Embryo -- Mythen
- Embryo -- Religion
- Fetus -- Mythen
- Fetus -- Religion
- Fetus -- Religious aspects
- Fetus -- Religious aspects
- Kultur
- Mythen -- Embryo
- Mythen -- Fetus
- Mythologie
- RELIGION -- Faith
- Religion
- Religion -- Embryo
- Religion -- Fetus
- Theological anthropology
- Theological anthropology
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