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Fragments
from the book: Astruc J. Conjectures
sur les memoires originaux dont il paroit que Moyse s'est servi pour composer
le livre de la Genese (Conjectures on the Original Documents Which Moses
Apparently Used in Compiling the Book of Genesis, 1753). In analyzing the book
of Genesis, the author cites a French text mentioning a hip injury, damage to
the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF), and the consequences of an accident. An Russian translation is available at:
1753AstrucJ.
Quote p.
176
Genesis.
Chap. XXXII
A
25. Et
quand cest hommeld vid qu’il ne le pouvoit vaincre, il toucha l'enrdroit de l'emboifiement
de la hanche d'icelui: ainsi l'emboifiement de l'os de la hanche de Jacob fut
entors quand l'homme luictoit avec lui.
Quote p.
177
Genesis.
Chap. XXXII
A
31. Et le soleil
lui leva si toft qu'il eust passe Penuel, & il clochoit sur fa hanche.
32.
Pourtant jusques au jour present, les enfans d’Israel ne mangent point du muscle
se retirant, qui est à l'endroit de l'emboiftement de la hanche : d'autant que
cest homme-là toucha l'endroit de l'emboiftement de la hanche de Jacob au muscle
se retirant.
Quote p.
176
Genesis.
Chapter 32
Source
A
25. And
when the man saw that he could not prevail against him, he touched the socket
of Jacob's hip: so Jacob's hip was dislocated, when he rose into the air with
him.
Quote p.
177
Genesis.
Chapter 32
Source
A
31. And the
sun rose quickly for him, and he passed Peniel, and limped on his hip.
32. And to
this day the children of Israel do not eat of the contracted muscle, because
the man touched the place where Jacob's hip joint was, in the place where the
muscle was contracted.
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Anonyme. Conjectures
sur les memoires originaux dont il paroit que Moyse s'est servi pour composer
le livre de la Genese. Avec des
remarques qui appuient ou qui éclaircissent ces conjectures. Bruxelles: Chez
Fricx, Imprimeur de Sa Majeste, vis-à-vis l'Eglise de la Madelaine, Avec
Privilege & Approbation. MDCCLIII [1753]. archive.org
As a
professor of medicine, Jean Astruc was the first to perform a textual analysis
of the book of Genesis, publishing anonymously his work, «Conjectures on the
Original Documents Which Moses Apparently Used in Compiling the Book of Genesis»
(1753Anonyme). To demonstrate his originality and pioneering spirit, below the
title of his work, the doctor used a quote from Titus Lucretius Carus: «Aria
Pieridum peragro loca, nullius antè Trita solo» (Across the trackless fields of
the Pierides I walk, where no one has ever set foot before) from his poem «On
the Nature of Things» (De rerum natura) (1976CaroLT). The avant-title also
reads: «Conjectures sur de la Genese», which could be appropriately translated
as «Reflections on the Book of Genesis» (1753Anonyme). This echoes the title of
our work, which builds on our colleague's research: «The Ninth Month, the
Eleventh Day: A Discussion on Chapter XXXII of the Book of Genesis» [Девятый месяц, одиннадцатый день: Рассуждение о
XXXII главе
книги Бытие] (2024АрхиповСВ).
References
for this note
Сaro LT. De Rerum Natura. Barcelona: BOSCH [1976].
archive.org
Архипов СВ. Девятый
месяц, одиннадцатый день: Рассуждение о XXXII главе книги Бытие; 2-е изд., перераб. и
доп. Йоэнсуу: Издание Автора, 2024.
Jean Astruc
(1684-1766) was a physician, professor of medicine in France at
Montpellier and Paris. wikipedia.org
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