Leisure, pleasure, and healing : spa culture and medicine in ancient eastern Mediterranean /

The book deals with leisure, pleasure and healing at the thermo-mineral sites in the Levant since the biblical era throughout the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and early Muslim periods. It looks closely at the question of whether the spas, which are models for social interaction between pagans, Chr...

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Main Author: Dvorjetski, Esti.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 116.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222700.

Subjects:

Health Resorts > history > Ancient Lands.

Health Resorts > history > Mediterranean Region.

Balneology > history > Ancient Lands.

Balneology > history > Mediterranean Region.