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Record Number:
9934
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Fontaine , Resianne.
Contributor(s):
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.
Description:
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
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Iberia;Italy
Century:
12-13
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Author's Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1994.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00258431