Medicine and Magic in Genesis Apocryphon: Ideas on Human Conception and its Hindrances

Genesis Apocryphon, a paraphrase of selected narratives from Genesis was written with an exegetical purpose. One of the author’s main exegetical interests is in proving that the purity of certain female characters endangered in unusual situations was defended; attesting their purity leads to confirm...

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Main Author: Fröhlich, Ida (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2011
In: Revue de Qumran
Year: 2011, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-198
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