ISBN:
9780520384040
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (260 p.)
Year of publication:
2022
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mokhtarian, Jason Sion, 1978 - Medicine in the Talmud
Keywords:
Alternative medicine
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Medicine in rabbinical literature
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Medicine Religious aspects
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Judaism
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History
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HISTORY / Ancient / General
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Talmud
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Medizin
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Judentum
;
Heilkunde
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Alternative Medizin
Abstract:
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 Middle Ages, to reveal the unexpected depth of the rabbis’ medical knowledge. Medicine in the Talmud argues that these therapies represent a form of rabbinic scientific rationality that relied on human observation and the use of nature while downplaying the role of God and the Torah in health and illness. Drawing from a wide range of both Jewish and Sasanian sources—from the Bible, the Talmud, and Maimonides to texts written in Akkadian, Syriac, and Mandaic, as well as the incantation bowls—Mokhtarian offers rare insight into how the rabbis of late antique Babylonia adapted the medical knowledge of their time to address the needs of their community. In the process, he narrates an untold chapter in the history of ancient medicine
Note:
Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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ABBREVIATIONS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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DISCLAIMER
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PREFACE
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Chapter 1 Medicine on the Margins
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Chapter 2 Trends and Methods in the Study of Talmudic Medicine
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Chapter 3 Precursors of Talmudic Medicine
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Chapter 4 Empiricism and Efficacy
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Chapter 5 Talmudic Medicine in Its Sasanian Context
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Conclusion
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NOTES
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GLOSSARY OF AILMENTS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Source Index
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General Index
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In English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520384040
URL:
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