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Author:

Stol, Marten.

Title:

Birth in Babylonia and the Bible : its Mediterranean setting / M. Stol ; with a chapter by F.A.M. Wiggermann.

Publisher:

Styx,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

x, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Bible
Labor
Anthropology, Cultural.
Fertilization.
History of Medicine, Ancient
Medicine In Literature
Childbirth.--Comparative studies.
Childbirth--Religious aspects.
Birth customs--Religious aspects.
Childbirth in the Bible.
Childbirth in literature.
Assyro-Babylonian literature--Relation to the Old Testament

Other Authors:

Wiggermann, F. A. M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-252) and indexes.

Contents:

Conception and embryology -- Problems during pregnancy -- Magic and the Divine -- What is going to happen? Prognostics -- Giving birth -- The appearance of the baby -- Midwifery and nursing -- Birth in medical texts -- Worries after birth -- Lamas̆tu, daughter of Anu : a profile / F. A. M. Wiggerman.

Series:

Cuneiform monographs, 0929-0052 ; 14

ISBN:

9789072371898
9072371895

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44491709

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)