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"Integrating and analyzing with clarity and depth an immense range of sources, Mokhtarian painstakingly shows the emergence of rabbinic medical culture. . . . This book, which one peruses with undiminished attention from cover to cover, is a fine piece of scholarship that addresses a large and diverse audience." * Religious Studies Review *

Table of Contents
Contents

Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Disclaimer
Preface

1. Medicine on the Margins
2. Trends and Methods in the Study of Talmudic Medicine
3. Precursors of Talmudic Medicine
4. Empiricism and Efficacy
5. Talmudic Medicine in Its Sasanian Context
Conclusion

Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Source Index
General Index

Medicine in the Talmud

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 12/07/2022
    ISBN13: 9780520389410, 978-0520389410
    ISBN10: 0520389417
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    Ancient history Social and cultural history Rabbinic literature

    Description

    Book Synopsis


    Trade Review
    "Integrating and analyzing with clarity and depth an immense range of sources, Mokhtarian painstakingly shows the emergence of rabbinic medical culture. . . . This book, which one peruses with undiminished attention from cover to cover, is a fine piece of scholarship that addresses a large and diverse audience." * Religious Studies Review *

    Table of Contents
    Contents

    Abbreviations
    Acknowledgments
    Disclaimer
    Preface

    1. Medicine on the Margins
    2. Trends and Methods in the Study of Talmudic Medicine
    3. Precursors of Talmudic Medicine
    4. Empiricism and Efficacy
    5. Talmudic Medicine in Its Sasanian Context
    Conclusion

    Notes
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    Source Index
    General Index

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