Jason Sion Mokhtarian

Medicine in the Talmud

Natural and Supernatural Therapies between Magic and Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Medicine in the Talmud is a growing area of interest but is understudied and undertheorized. This volume productively pushes the field forward. Considering both text and material culture, especially important evidence from the Aramaic bowls, this volume is indispensable for anyone interested in scientific knowledge in rabbinic literature or medicine in the ancient world in general."--Jordan D. Rosenblum, author of Rabbinic Drinking: What Beverages Teach Us about Rabbinic Literature "A groundbreaking study that introduces readers to intriguing Talmudic healing therapies (not to be tried at home). Mokhtarian integrates this rabbinic knowledge firmly in the interdisciplinary discourses of late antiquity, a move that refines and corrects many prevailing assumptions about these enduring traditions."--Christine Shepardson, author of Controlling Contested Places: Late Antique Antioch and the Spatial Politics of Religious Controversy "In this easy-to-read and engaging work, Jason Sion Mokhtarian demonstrates how the Babylonian rabbis thoroughly and eagerly participated in knowledge gathering and making across ethnic and cultural boundaries in late antique Mesopotamia."--Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Associate Professor of Religion, Haverford College

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 236mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780520389410
• ISBN-10: 0520389417
• Artikelnr.: 62846826

Autorenporträt

Jason Sion Mokhtarian is Associate Professor and Herbert and Stephanie Neuman Chair in Hebrew and Jewish Literature at Cornell University. He is author of Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran.