Can No Physician Be Found? : : The Influence of Religion on Medical Pluralism in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Israel / / Laura Marie Zucconi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Zucconi, Laura Marie,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2013
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Egyptian Healing --; Mesopotamian Healing --; Healing in the Hebrew Bible --; Ancient Near Eastern Supra- and Subcultures --; Bibliography --; Index
• סיכום: Can No Physician be Found analyzes how religion, as an expression of a universal order, is applied to the medical practices in the cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Israel. The comparative approach sheds light on how religious concepts shaped not only the particular medical identity of each society, but also how they can simultaneously participate in a broader medical culture spanning the ancient Near East.
• פורמט: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463235871; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463235871
• גישה: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Laura Marie Zucconi.

Can No Physician be Found analyzes how religion, as an expression of a universal order, is applied to the medical practices in the cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Israel. The comparative approach sheds light on how religious concepts shaped not only the particular medical identity of each...