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- Title
PARENTAL IMPRINTING IN ANCIENT GRECO-ROMAN AND JEWISH SOURCES.
- Authors
TZIRAKI-SEGAL, CHARIKLIA; MARGALIT, OHR Y.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the theory of "maternal imagination" as a technique used by ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish cultures to influence the physical appearance of offspring and understand parental imprinting. The association of Aristotle with the notion of imagination in the theory of human reproduction is discussed. The differences between the depiction of reproduction and imagination in Greco-Roman literature and in ancient Jewish literature are also discussed. The article suggests that the different world views of these two cultures led to variations in their understanding of the procreative process.
- Subjects
PREGNANCY &; psychology; GENOMIC imprinting; HUMAN reproduction in literature; SEXUAL intercourse; GRECO-Roman civilization; JEWISH civilization; ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.; RESEMBLANCE (Philosophy); ANCIENT medicine; WORLDVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Korot / Qôrôt̲, 2009, Vol 19, p135
- ISSN
0023-4109
- Publication type
Article