The Corporeality of the Self: The Example of Bitter Nefeš as an Ethnomedical Syndrome
Abstract A contribution to Western genealogies of the self, the corporeality of the Hebrew soul (nefeš) is explored through the lens of ancient medical discourses. Using the example of bitterness as an ethnomedical syndrome, this essay shows how the Hebrew idiom “bitter nefeš” acts as an embodied ch...
| Autres titres: | Special Issue: Formation of the Subject$dEssays in Honor of Carol Newsom’s 70th Birthday |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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| Dans: |
Dead Sea discoveries
Année: 2021, Volume: 28, Numéro: 3, Pages: 396-422 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Hébreu
/ Récit
/ Maladie
/ Embodiment
/ Soi
/ Âme
/ Amertume
/ Mesopotamien
/ Médecine
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| RelBib Classification: | TC Époque pré-chrétienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Hebrew illness narratives
B bitterness B Mesopotamian medicine B Publication commémorative B Newsom, Carol Ann 1950- B Catégorie:Musique soul B Self B Embodiment |
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| Résumé: | Abstract A contribution to Western genealogies of the self, the corporeality of the Hebrew soul (nefeš) is explored through the lens of ancient medical discourses. Using the example of bitterness as an ethnomedical syndrome, this essay shows how the Hebrew idiom “bitter nefeš” acts as an embodied channel of flux in illness narratives about bodily suffering and healing. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-bja10026 |