MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008026800
003 DLC
005 20080815084829.0
008 080617s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008026800
020 $a9780195380040 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780195380057 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBL256$b.I43 2009
082 00 $a202/.2$222
245 00 $aImagining the fetus :$bthe unborn in myth, religion, and culture /$cedited by Vanessa R. Sassoon and Jane Marie Law.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0811
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aAmerican Academy of Religion religion and culture series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aFetus$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aTheological anthropology.
700 1 $aSasson, Vanessa R.
700 1 $aLaw, Jane Marie.