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Book SynopsisIn this book, Stein uncovers the meaning behind mentions of mental symptoms found in the Old Testament. The verses of the Old Testament were written with a primary religious intention, but sometimes they reference well-known psychiatric symptoms, which only becomes clear when all religion, history, and myth are stripped away.
Table of ContentsForeword by John Barton, FBA Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Job: A Man With Severe Depression Chapter 3: Jeremiah: The Nature of His Woe Chapter 4: Lamentations Chapter 5: The Hebrew Psalms and Affective Disorder Chapter 6: King Saul: The Nature of His Insanity Chapter 7: Suicide, Suicidal Thoughts and Self-mutilation in the Bible Chapter 8: Ezekiel: Schizophrenia or Schizo-Affective Disorder? Chapter 9: Did Chronic Mental Illness Exist in the Ancient World? Chapter 10: Proverbs and Personality Disorders: Male Types of Antisocial Personality Disorder Chapter 11: The “Strange Woman” of Proverbs Chapter 12: Psychosomatic Disorders and Other Miscellaneous Episodes Chapter 13: Children Chapter 14: Alcoholism in Ancient Israel Chapter 15: Sirach: An Observer of Humanity and Psychiatry Chapter 16: Concluding Remarks Appendix 1 Appendix 2
