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Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies

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Availability:In StockContributor:Emma J. Edelstein, Ludwig Edelstein, Gary B. Ferngren (Introduction by)Publish date:1998-03-20Pages:782
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801857690ISBN-10:801857694UPC:9780801857690Book Category:Literary Criticism, Medical, ReligionBook Subcategory:Gothic & Romance, History, Comparative ReligionSize:10.16 x 6.64 x 1.21 inchesWeight:2.8836Product ID:SC9GPTM74V

A classic study of the legendary Greek physician and--in the last stages of paganism--the Greek deity who posed the greatest challenge to Christ.

Throughout nearly all of antiquity, the legendary Greek physician, Asclepius, son of Apollo and Coronis, was not only the primary representative of divine healing, but also so influential in the religious life of later centuries that, as Emma J...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801857690ISBN-10:801857694UPC:9780801857690Book Category:Literary Criticism, Medical, ReligionBook Subcategory:Gothic & Romance, History, Comparative ReligionSize:10.16 x 6.64 x 1.21 inchesWeight:2.8836Product ID:SC9GPTM74V

Emma J. Edelstein (1904-1958), a classical scholar, received her doctorate from the University of Heidelberg in 1933. She is the author of Xenophontisches und platonisches bild des Sokrates. Ludwig Edelstein (1902-1965), professor of classics, philosophy, and the history of medicine, taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Washington, the University of California, and the...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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