The question of the status of an (un)born child in the Old Testament. Ex 21,22–25 as an exceptional case
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2014.013Keywords
foetus, birth, miscarriage, harm, lex talionisAbstract
Birth of a child in the Old Testament is connected with the creative activity of God. Giving birth is the moment of truth. Then the new-born child is called either an alive child (a boy or a girl) or a miscarried foetus. Ex 21,22–25 allows us to state that from the conception to birth the foetus is protected by law in the same way as an adult Israelite
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