Conceiving Israel
| Author | : Gwynn Kessler |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2009-09-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780812241754 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0812241754 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (754 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Conceiving Israel by : Gwynn Kessler
Download or read book Conceiving Israel written by Gwynn Kessler and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kessler shows how the rabbis of the third through sixth centuries turned to non-Jewish writings on embryology and procreation to explicate the biblical insistence on the primacy of God's role in procreation at the expense of the biological parents.
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