The Healing past : pharmaceuticals in the biblical and rabbinic world /

The Healing past : pharmaceuticals in the biblical and rabbinic world /

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 peri...

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Other Authors: Jacob, Irene, 1928-, Jacob, Walter, 1930-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1993.

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 7.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.

Subjects:

Bible > Congresses.
Bible.
Pharmacy > Middle East > History > Congresses.
Drugs > Middle East > History > Congresses.
Medicinal plants > Middle East > History > Congresses.
Drugs in the Bible > Congresses.
Medicine in rabbinical literature > Congresses.
Drugs.
Drugs in the Bible.
Medicinal plants.
Medicine in rabbinical literature.
Pharmacy.
Middle East.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.

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Call Number: RS67.M628 H43 1993

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.