Adam und Embryo Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der Adamsgeschichte in jüdischen, christlichen und islamischen Texten bis zum Ende des ersten Jahrtausends

• Other Authors: Eich, Thomas (Editor), Doroftei, Doru Constantin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: Baden-Baden Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2023
• Series: Recht, Ethik und Gesellschaft im Vorderen Orient | Law, Ethics and Society in the Middle East 3
• Subjects: HRAC; HRJS; 7th century; Adam's story; baptismal theology; Christian texts; creation; early Islamic period; embryo; genesis of humankind; intellectual history; Islamic texts; Jewish texts
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This book critically analyzes the notion that there are passages in the 7th-century text of the Qur'an that reflect medical ideas of the time about the origin of human beings through pregnancy. It turns out that the Qur'an draws on a rich heritage of motifs, on the one hand baptismal theol...