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Birth in Babylonia and the Bible : its Mediterranean setting
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- Creator
- M. Stol ; with a chapter by F.A.M. Wiggermann
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Groningen : Styx, 2000
- Series
- Physical Details
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- x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9789072371898, 9072371895
- OCLC
- ocm44491709
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) and indexes.
- 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 -- Lamas̀†tu, daughter of Anu : a profile / F. A. M. Wiggerman
Subjects
- Bible.
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- Labor, Obstetric.
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- Anthropology, Cultural.
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- Fertilization.
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- History of Medicine.
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- History, Ancient.
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- Medicine in Literature.
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- 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.