Title:

Old Testamentary Approach to a Human Embryo Againstthe Background of Other Middle East Cultures

Creator:

Chodorowski, Łukasz

Institutional creator:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2021

Location:

Biblioteka Instytutu Historii Nauki PAN

Subject and Keywords:

embryo ; soul ; Old Testament ; ancient Middle East

Abstract:

The aim of the article is to reconstruct the status of a human embryoin the Old Testament within the context of Ancient Middle East cultures. Thestarting point of the conducted research is the refl ection on the Old Testamentaryview of a human being, It also discusses law codifi cation: Babylonian, Hittite,and Assyrian. The analysis of views concerning nasciturus in the given study isinextricably connected with a social patriarchal system that dominated amongall the cultures of the ancient Middle East. A comparative approach to the issueallows a greater understanding of the genesis of the refl ection on the status ofa human embryo.

Relation:

Analecta : studia i materiały z dziejów nauki polskiej

Volume:

30 (2021)

Issue:

1

Start page:

7

End page:

27

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

1230-1159

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Licencja Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 4.0

Terms of use:

-

Access:

Open