Jews and Medicine: Religion, Culture, Science - Hardcover

 
9780827606449: Jews and Medicine: Religion, Culture, Science
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0827606443 ISBN 13: 9780827606449
Publisher: JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY, 1997

Synopsis

Since the Middle Ages, Jews have regarded medicine as one of the most honorable professions to pursue. Jews and Medicine is sprinkled with full-color photographs of manuscripts, posters, photographs, and sketches that trace the relationship between Jews and medicine from biblical times to the present. It includes eleven essays on such topics as "Healing in Jewish Lore and Law," "Jewish Folk Medicine," "Jewish Folk Medicine," "Jewish Women in Medicine," and an essay by Peter Gay on Sigmund Freud.

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Review

"[This] book chronologically traces the most significant points of encounter between the history of the Jewish people and the history of medicine. It includes 11 essays on such topics as 'Healing in Jewish Lore and Law,' 'Jewish Folk Medicine' and 'Jewish Women in Medicine.' Sprinkled with full-color pictures of manuscripts, posters, postcards, photographs, and sketches taken from Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Israel, this work examines two questions: Does Judaism in itself foster a special attitude toward medicine? To what extent did life in the Diaspora influence the Jewish contribution to medicine?"—Detroit Jewish News (Detroit Jewish News)

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Publisher
JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0827606443
ISBN 13 
9780827606449
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
276
Editor
Berger Dr. Natalia