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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: Publication Date: 12/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9780520389410, 978-0520389410
      ISBN10: 0520389417

      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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