Tertullian and the Unborn Child: Christian and Pagan Attitudes in Historical Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367595340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 208 str.

Julian Barr

Opis

Tertullian of Carthage was the earliest Christian writer to argue vigorously against abortion. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of his attitude towards the foetus and embryo. It is argued that Tertullian's comments on the unborn should be read as rhetoric ancillary to his primary arguments, none of which related directly to abortion

Spis treści

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Rhetoric and the Unborn

Chapter 2: The Christian Context

Chapter 3: Tertullian’s Understanding of Prenatal Biology

Chapter 4: The Pagan Context

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Julian Barr is a research fellow at the University of Queensland, where he completed his PhD in classics. He tutors ancient history and classical languages. His research interests include early Christianity, ancient medicine, and the Roman family.