LEADER 01409nam a2200337 i 4500 001 991004030319707536 008 081114s2007 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a9780415424592 (hbk) 020 $a0415424593 (hbk) 020 $a9780415424608 (pbk) 020 $a0415424607 (pbk) 035 $ab13788942-39ule_inst 040 $aDip.to Lingue$bita 245 00$aBritish cultural identities /$cedited by Mike Storry and Peter Childs 250 $a3a ed. 260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2007 300 $axix, 299 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm 504 $aContiene riferimenti bibliografici ed indice 650 4$aCultura popolare$zGran Bretagna$xStoria$ySec. 20 651 4$aGran Bretagna$xVita sociale e costumi$ySec. 20 651 4$aGran Bretagna$xCivilizzazione$ySec. 20 700 1 $aStorry, Mike 700 1 $aChilds, Peter 856 41$3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007011780.html$zTavola dei contenuti 907 $a.b13788942$b28-01-14$c14-11-08 912 $a991004030319707536 945 $aLE012 305.821 STO 2$g1$i2012000352278$lle012$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u1$v1$w1$x0$y.i14878793$z14-11-08 945 $aLE012 305.821 STO 2/A$g2$i2012000352261$lle012$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u9$v5$w9$x0$y.i14878811$z14-11-08 996 $aBritish Cultural Identities$9148009 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale012$b14-11-08$cm$da $e-$feng$genk$h0$i0 LEADER 02946oam 2200493I 450 001 9910165052903321 005 20240505201845.0 010 $a1-315-61215-1 010 $a1-317-04587-4 010 $a1-4724-6740-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315612157 035 $a(CKB)3710000001060006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4809684 035 $a(OCoLC)973222960 035 $a(BIP)59826179 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001060006 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aTertullian and the unborn child $eChristian and pagan attitudes in historical perspective /$fJulian Barr 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (209 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aMedicine and the Body in Antiquity 311 08$a1-4724-6742-6 311 08$a1-317-04588-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Rhetoric and the unborn -- 2. The Christian context -- 3. Tertullian's understanding of prenatal biology -- 4. The pagan context. 330 $aTertullian of Carthage was the earliest Christian writer to argue against abortion at length, and the first surviving Latin author to consider the unborn child in detail. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Tertullian's attitude towards the foetus and embryo. Examining Tertullian's works in light of Roman literary and social history, Julian Barr proposes that Tertullian's comments on the unborn should be read as rhetoric ancillary to his primary arguments. Tertullian's engagement in the art of rhetoric also explains his tendency towards self-contradiction. He argued that human existence began at conception in some treatises and not in others. Tertullian's references to the unborn hence should not be plucked out of context, lest they be misread. Tertullian borrowed, modified, and discarded theories of ensoulment according to their usefulness for individual treatises. So long as a single work was internally consistent, Tertullian was satisfied. He elaborated upon previous Christian traditions and selectively borrowed from ancient embryological theory to prove specific theological and moral points. Tertullian was more influenced by Roman custom than he would perhaps have admitted, since the contrast between pagan and Christian attitudes on abortion was more rhetorical than real. 410 0$aMedicine and the Body in Antiquity. 606 $aAbortion$xReligious aspects 615 0$aAbortion$xReligious aspects. 676 $a363.46 700 $aBarr$b Julian$c(Research Fellow at the University of Queensland),$0916807 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910165052903321 996 $aTertullian and the unborn child$92055285 997 $aUNINA