Male Obstetric Competence in Ancient Israel
According to two recent sociological studies on childbirth in the OT, the (androcentric) OT displays both insensitivity to the parturient and ignorance of the basics of parturition. One of the studies specifies that the biblical authors were unaware of the normally presenting fetal member, the head....
| Published in: | Vetus Testamentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
2016
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Birth
/ Knowledge
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Childbirth
death in childbirth (Gen 35:16-20
1 Sam 4:19-22)
Isa 26:18
37:3
Hos 13:13
Ps 22:10-11
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | According to two recent sociological studies on childbirth in the OT, the (androcentric) OT displays both insensitivity to the parturient and ignorance of the basics of parturition. One of the studies specifies that the biblical authors were unaware of the normally presenting fetal member, the head. The present article, however, comes to decidedly different conclusions: 1) the position that the Israelite male was insensitive to women experiencing childbirth either goes beyond the available evidence or is a distortion thereof; 2) both studies overlook information that undermines their conclusions; and 3) the OT authors were sufficiently aware of the fundamentals of childbirth. |
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| Item Description: | Nimmt auch Bezug auf "Menstruation and childbirth in the Bible" von Tarja S. Philip |
| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "The Influence of Realia on Biblical Depictions of Childbirth (2011)"
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| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301221 |