The Healing past : : pharmaceuticals in the biblical and rabbinic world / / edited by Irene and Walter Jacob.

• Superior document: Studies in ancient medicine, v. 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Jacob, Irene, 1928-; Jacob, Walter, 1930-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1993.
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource ( xv, 126 pages).

This volume focuses on our present knowledge of pharmaceuticals in the Biblical and Rabbinic world, a subject which has received little attention. Although many aspects of ancient Near Eastern cultural life have been studied thoroughly, no one has dealt with the pharmaceutical knowledge of this period. The essays in this study deal with their themes in different ways. They thus provide the best current information on a particular subject. They also demonstrate various approaches which may prove fruitful for further investigation. References in specialized studies and archeological field work have demonstrated that our knowledge in this area continues to grow. The fragmented and isolated nature of this material has led to it remaining unknown to those interested in the history of medicine, pharmacy, and horticulture. The authors have sought to fill this gap.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Irene and Walter Jacob -- Pharmacology and Dietetics in the Bible and Talmud / Fred Rosner -- Medicinal Plants of the Bible—Another View / Walter Jacob -- Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in Ancient Mesopotamia / Marvin A. Powell -- Ancient Egyptian Pharmaceutical Plants and the Eastern Mediterranean / Renate Germer -- Ricinus Communis—The Miracle Tree through Four Thousand Years / Irene Jacob -- Medicinal Drugs in the Works of Flavius Josephus / Samuel Kottek -- Asaph the Jew and Greco-Roman Pharmaceutics / Stephen Newmyer -- Index of Materia Medica / Irene and Walter Jacob -- Studies in Ancient Medicine / Irene and Walter Jacob.