Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine
Published on 14. October 2004
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-90-04-13666-3 (ISBN)
Description
For the first time, medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world are studied side by side and compared. Early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world; later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen, Aelius Aristides, Vindicianus, the Talmud. The focus is the degree of "rationality" or "irrationality" in the various ways of medical thought and treatment. Fifteen specialists contributed thoughtful and well-documented chapters on important issues.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is of great interest and use for scholars.'Marie-Helene Congourdeau, BMCR, 2005.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 164 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
889 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-13666-3 (9789004136663)
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Horstmanshoff | Marten Stol
Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine
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Persons
H.F.J. (Manfred) Horstmanshoff is associate professor of Ancient History at the Universiteit Leiden. He published on Greek, Roman and Early Modern medicine.
M. Stol is professor of Assyriology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He published on Babylonian medicine and the social history of the Old Babylonian period.
M. Stol is professor of Assyriology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He published on Babylonian medicine and the social history of the Old Babylonian period.