02671nam a2200409 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151020003800187020003500225040002100260035002100281050002300302082001500325245014300340260005800483300002800541490005900569500003600628504005100664505100700715533015201722650003001874650003001904655002901934700002301963700002101986710003402007710001702041830006002058856012602118999001702244ebr10273339CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||080617s2009    enkab   sb    001 0 eng    z  2008026800  z9780195380040 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0195380045 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780195380057 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0195380053 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)65477808814aBL256b.I43 2009eb04a202/.222200aImagining the fetush[electronic resource] :bthe unborn in myth, religion, and culture /cedited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2009.  ax, 305 p. :bill., map.1 aAmerican Academy of Religion cultural criticism series  a"American Academy of Religion."  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible  -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature -- The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aFetusxReligious aspects. 0aTheological anthropology. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aSasson, Vanessa R.1 aLaw, Jane Marie.2 aAmerican Academy of Religion.2 aebrary, Inc. 0aAmerican Academy of Religion cultural criticism series.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273339zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c21683d21683