Medicine in the Talmud: natural and supernatural therapies between magic and science
Medicine on the margins -- Trends and methods in the study of Talmudic medicine -- Precursors of Talmudic medicine -- Empiricism and efficacy -- Talmudic medicine in its Sasanian context.
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
[2022]
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| In: | Jahr: 2022 |
| Rezensionen: | [Rezension von: Mokhtarian, Jason Sion, 1978-, Medicine in the Talmud : natural and supernatural therapies between magic and science] (2023) (Kitsos, Michail)
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Talmud
/ Medizin
B Judentum / Heilkunde / Alternative Medizin |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Medicine in rabbinical literature
B Complementary therapies B Medicine Religious aspects Judaism History B Alternative Medicine B Judaism B Religion and Medicine |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Medicine on the margins -- Trends and methods in the study of Talmudic medicine -- Precursors of Talmudic medicine -- Empiricism and efficacy -- Talmudic medicine in its Sasanian context. "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 that 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 Torah in health and illness. Drawing from a wide range of both Jewish and Sasanian sources-from the Bible, 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 and in the process narrates an untold chapter in the history of ancient medicine"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520389417 |