Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9934
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Fontaine , Resianne.
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  • Title: The facts of Life: The Nature of the Female Contribution to Generation According to Judah ha-Cohen's "Midrash ha-Hokhma" and Contemporary Texts [influences of Aristotle, Galen, Averroes, Avicenna, and rabbinic thought on Judah ha-Cohen's explanation in his encyclopedia, "Midrash ha-Hokhma"; brief consideration of the female contribution toward human reproduction in two other thirteenth-century Jewish encyclopedias, Shemtov Ibn Falaquera's "De ‘ot ha-Pilosofim" and Gershom ben Salomo's "Sh‘ar ha-Shamayim"].
  • Source: Medizinhistorisches Journal 29, 4 ( 1994): Pages 333 - 362.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Aristotle, Ancient Philosopher Averroes, Philosopher- Book of Animals Classical Influences Galen, Ancient Physician Gynecology Human Reproduction Jews Judah ben Salomo ha-Cohen Ibn Matqu, Author- Midrash ha-Hokhma (The Exposition of Science) Menstruation
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia;Italy
  • Century: 12-13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00258431