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6. The Jesus Hermaphrodite: Alchemy in the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Acknowledgments IX
- List of Illustrations XIII
- Introduction: Stories and Selves 1
- 1. The Perfect Sexes of Paradise 16
- 2. The Monstrous Races: Mapping the Borders of Sex 40
- 3. The Hyena’s Unclean Sex: Beasts, Bestiaries, and Jewish Communities 70
- 4. Sex and Order in Natural Philosophy and Law 102
- 5. The Correction of Nature: Sex and the Science of Surgery 134
- 6. The Jesus Hermaphrodite: Alchemy in the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance 163
- Conclusion: Tension and Tenses 201
- Notes 209
- Bibliography 269
- Index 303
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Acknowledgments IX
- List of Illustrations XIII
- Introduction: Stories and Selves 1
- 1. The Perfect Sexes of Paradise 16
- 2. The Monstrous Races: Mapping the Borders of Sex 40
- 3. The Hyena’s Unclean Sex: Beasts, Bestiaries, and Jewish Communities 70
- 4. Sex and Order in Natural Philosophy and Law 102
- 5. The Correction of Nature: Sex and the Science of Surgery 134
- 6. The Jesus Hermaphrodite: Alchemy in the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance 163
- Conclusion: Tension and Tenses 201
- Notes 209
- Bibliography 269
- Index 303
