Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520389410ISBN-10:520389417UPC:9780520389410Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ancient, Judaism, JewishBook Topic:TalmudSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCTQA0SZSP
Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science
Despite the Talmud being the richest repository of medical remedies in ancient Judaism, this important strain of Jewish thought has been largely ignored--even as the study of ancient medicine has exploded in recent years. In a comprehensive study of this topic, Jason Sion Mokhtarian recuperates this obscure genre of Talmudic text, which has been marginalized in the Jewish tradition since the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520389410ISBN-10:520389417UPC:9780520389410Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ancient, Judaism, JewishBook Topic:TalmudSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCTQA0SZSP
Jason Sion Mokhtarian is Associate Professor and Herbert and Stephanie Neuman Chair in Hebrew and Jewish Literature at Cornell University. He is author of Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran.
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