ISBN:
9789004377325
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 126 pages)
,
illustrations
Year of publication:
1993
Series Statement:
Studies in ancient medicine v. 7
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Healing past
Keywords:
Bible Congresses
;
Bible
;
Pharmacy Congresses History
;
Drugs Congresses History
;
Medicinal plants Congresses History
;
Drugs in the Bible Congresses
;
Medicine in rabbinical literature Congresses
;
Drugs
;
Drugs in the Bible
;
Medicinal plants
;
Medicine in rabbinical literature
;
Pharmacy
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
History
;
Middle East
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /Irene and Walter Jacob -- Pharmacology and Dietetics in the Bible and Talmud /Fred Rosner -- Medicinal Plants of the Bible—Another View /Walter Jacob -- Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in Ancient Mesopotamia /Marvin A. Powell -- Ancient Egyptian Pharmaceutical Plants and the Eastern Mediterranean /Renate Germer -- Ricinus Communis—The Miracle Tree through Four Thousand Years /Irene Jacob -- Medicinal Drugs in the Works of Flavius Josephus /Samuel Kottek -- Asaph the Jew and Greco-Roman Pharmaceutics /Stephen Newmyer -- Index of Materia Medica /Irene and Walter Jacob -- Studies in Ancient Medicine /Irene and Walter Jacob.
Abstract:
This volume focuses on our present knowledge of pharmaceuticals in the Biblical and Rabbinic world, a subject which has received little attention. Although many aspects of ancient Near Eastern cultural life have been studied thoroughly, no one has dealt with the pharmaceutical knowledge of this period. The essays in this study deal with their themes in different ways. They thus provide the best current information on a particular subject. They also demonstrate various approaches which may prove fruitful for further investigation. References in specialized studies and archeological field work have demonstrated that our knowledge in this area continues to grow. The fragmented and isolated nature of this material has led to it remaining unknown to those interested in the history of medicine, pharmacy, and horticulture. The authors have sought to fill this gap
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004377325
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