Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides / by Ido Israelowich.
Aelius Aristides' Sacred Tales offer a unique opportunity to examine how an educated man of the Second Century CE came to terms with illness. The experiences portrayed in the Tales disclose an understanding of illness in both religious and medical terms. Aristides was a devout worshipper of Asc...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, v. 341 |
---|---|
: | |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;
v. 341. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
993582415104498 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(CKB)2670000000212059 (EBL)934337 (OCoLC)795120530 (SSID)ssj0000713133 (PQKBManifestationID)11424977 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713133 (PQKBWorkID)10657909 (PQKB)10839262 (MiAaPQ)EBC934337 (nllekb)BRILL9789004229440 (Au-PeEL)EBL934337 (CaPaEBR)ebr10569502 (CaONFJC)MIL366515 (PPN)174389108 (EXLCZ)992670000000212059 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Israelowich, Ido, 1972- Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides [electronic resource] / by Ido Israelowich. 1st ed. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. 1 online resource (216 p.) text txt computer c online resource cr Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, 0169-8958 ; v. 341 Description based upon print version of record. English Aelius Aristides' Sacred Tales offer a unique opportunity to examine how an educated man of the Second Century CE came to terms with illness. The experiences portrayed in the Tales disclose an understanding of illness in both religious and medical terms. Aristides was a devout worshipper of Asclepius while at the same time being a patient of some of the most distinguished physicians of his day. This monograph offers a textual analysis of the Sacred Tales in the context of the so-called Second Sophistic; medicine and the medical use of dream interpretation; and religion, with particular emphasis on the cult of Asclepius and the visual means used to convey religious content. Includes bibliographical references and index. Aelius Aristides and the sacred tales -- Introduction -- The composition of the sacred tales -- Date of composition -- Method of composition -- Motives for composition -- The sacred tales as an autobiography -- The ancient readers of the sacred tales -- A narrative of redemption -- Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides -- Introduction -- The Graeco-Roman health-care system -- Towards a definition of a medical discourse -- Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world -- Roman medicine and its Greek influences -- Dreams -- The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales -- The place of the sick in society -- Medical discourse in the sacred tales -- The physicians in the sacred tales -- Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides -- Falling ill -- Aristides and Asclepius -- Wider contexts -- Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides -- Introduction -- Theology -- The myth of Asclepius -- Divination, oracles and dreams -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation -- Cult, festivals and games -- The power of images. Medicine, Greek and Roman History. Aristides, Aelius. Sacred teachings. 90-04-22908-6 Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; v. 341. |
language |
English |
format |
Electronic eBook |
author |
Israelowich, Ido, 1972- |
spellingShingle |
Israelowich, Ido, 1972- Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, Aelius Aristides and the sacred tales -- Introduction -- The composition of the sacred tales -- Date of composition -- Method of composition -- Motives for composition -- The sacred tales as an autobiography -- The ancient readers of the sacred tales -- A narrative of redemption -- Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides -- Introduction -- The Graeco-Roman health-care system -- Towards a definition of a medical discourse -- Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world -- Roman medicine and its Greek influences -- Dreams -- The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales -- The place of the sick in society -- Medical discourse in the sacred tales -- The physicians in the sacred tales -- Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides -- Falling ill -- Aristides and Asclepius -- Wider contexts -- Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides -- Introduction -- Theology -- The myth of Asclepius -- Divination, oracles and dreams -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation -- Cult, festivals and games -- The power of images. |
author_facet |
Israelowich, Ido, 1972- |
author_variant |
i i ii |
author_sort |
Israelowich, Ido, 1972- |
title |
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides |
title_full |
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides [electronic resource] / by Ido Israelowich. |
title_fullStr |
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides [electronic resource] / by Ido Israelowich. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides [electronic resource] / by Ido Israelowich. |
title_auth |
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides |
title_new |
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides |
title_sort |
society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of aelius aristides |
series |
Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, |
series2 |
Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, |
publisher |
Brill, |
publishDate |
2012 |
physical |
1 online resource (216 p.) |
edition |
1st ed. |
contents |
Aelius Aristides and the sacred tales -- Introduction -- The composition of the sacred tales -- Date of composition -- Method of composition -- Motives for composition -- The sacred tales as an autobiography -- The ancient readers of the sacred tales -- A narrative of redemption -- Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides -- Introduction -- The Graeco-Roman health-care system -- Towards a definition of a medical discourse -- Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world -- Roman medicine and its Greek influences -- Dreams -- The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales -- The place of the sick in society -- Medical discourse in the sacred tales -- The physicians in the sacred tales -- Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides -- Falling ill -- Aristides and Asclepius -- Wider contexts -- Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides -- Introduction -- Theology -- The myth of Asclepius -- Divination, oracles and dreams -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation -- Cult, festivals and games -- The power of images. |
isbn |
1-280-68821-1 9786613665157 90-04-22944-2 90-04-22908-6 |
issn |
0169-8958 ; |
callnumber-first |
P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-subject |
PA - Latin and Greek |
callnumber-label |
PA3874 |
callnumber-sort |
PA 43874 A7 Z5 42012 |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
800 - Literature |
dewey-tens |
880 - Classical & modern Greek literatures |
dewey-ones |
885 - Classical Greek speeches |
dewey-full |
885/.01 |
dewey-sort |
3885 11 |
dewey-raw |
885/.01 |
dewey-search |
885/.01 |
oclc_num |
795120530 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT israelowichido societymedicineandreligioninthesacredtalesofaeliusaristides |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(CKB)2670000000212059 (EBL)934337 (OCoLC)795120530 (SSID)ssj0000713133 (PQKBManifestationID)11424977 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713133 (PQKBWorkID)10657909 (PQKB)10839262 (MiAaPQ)EBC934337 (nllekb)BRILL9789004229440 (Au-PeEL)EBL934337 (CaPaEBR)ebr10569502 (CaONFJC)MIL366515 (PPN)174389108 (EXLCZ)992670000000212059 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, v. 341 |
hierarchy_sequence |
v. 341. |
is_hierarchy_title |
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides |
container_title |
Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, v. 341 |
_version_ |
1799264568694800384 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03945nam a2200649 a 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">993582415104498</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20240516171335.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m o d | </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr -n---------</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">120213s2012 ne ob 001 0deng d</controlfield><datafield tag="010" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="z"> 2012006305</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1-280-68821-1</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9786613665157</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">90-04-22944-2</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1163/9789004229440</subfield><subfield code="2">DOI</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CKB)2670000000212059</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(EBL)934337</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)795120530</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(SSID)ssj0000713133</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKBManifestationID)11424977</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713133</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKBWorkID)10657909</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKB)10839262</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(MiAaPQ)EBC934337</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(nllekb)BRILL9789004229440</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(Au-PeEL)EBL934337</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CaPaEBR)ebr10569502</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CaONFJC)MIL366515</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PPN)174389108</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(EXLCZ)992670000000212059</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">MiAaPQ</subfield><subfield code="c">MiAaPQ</subfield><subfield code="d">MiAaPQ</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">PA3874.A7</subfield><subfield code="b">Z5 2012</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PA</subfield><subfield code="2">lcco</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">R</subfield><subfield code="2">lcco</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">BL</subfield><subfield code="2">lcco</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">DSBB</subfield><subfield code="2">bicssc</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LIT</subfield><subfield code="x">004190</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">885/.01</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Israelowich, Ido,</subfield><subfield code="d">1972-</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides</subfield><subfield code="h">[electronic resource] /</subfield><subfield code="c">by Ido Israelowich.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1st ed.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Leiden ;</subfield><subfield code="a">Boston :</subfield><subfield code="b">Brill,</subfield><subfield code="c">2012.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (216 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature,</subfield><subfield code="x">0169-8958 ;</subfield><subfield code="v">v. 341</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based upon print version of record.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">English</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Aelius Aristides' Sacred Tales offer a unique opportunity to examine how an educated man of the Second Century CE came to terms with illness. The experiences portrayed in the Tales disclose an understanding of illness in both religious and medical terms. Aristides was a devout worshipper of Asclepius while at the same time being a patient of some of the most distinguished physicians of his day. This monograph offers a textual analysis of the Sacred Tales in the context of the so-called Second Sophistic; medicine and the medical use of dream interpretation; and religion, with particular emphasis on the cult of Asclepius and the visual means used to convey religious content.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="504" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references and index.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Aelius Aristides and the sacred tales -- Introduction -- The composition of the sacred tales -- Date of composition -- Method of composition -- Motives for composition -- The sacred tales as an autobiography -- The ancient readers of the sacred tales -- A narrative of redemption -- Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides -- Introduction -- The Graeco-Roman health-care system -- Towards a definition of a medical discourse -- Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world -- Roman medicine and its Greek influences -- Dreams -- The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales -- The place of the sick in society -- Medical discourse in the sacred tales -- The physicians in the sacred tales -- Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides -- Falling ill -- Aristides and Asclepius -- Wider contexts -- Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides -- Introduction -- Theology -- The myth of Asclepius -- Divination, oracles and dreams -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation -- Cult, festivals and games -- The power of images.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Medicine, Greek and Roman</subfield><subfield code="x">History.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Aristides, Aelius.</subfield><subfield code="t">Sacred teachings.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="z">90-04-22908-6</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="830" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.</subfield><subfield code="p">Supplementum.</subfield><subfield code="p">Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;</subfield><subfield code="v">v. 341.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="906" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">BOOK</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="ADM" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">2024-05-17 02:26:27 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="f">system</subfield><subfield code="c">marc21</subfield><subfield code="a">2012-07-29 11:03:20 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="g">false</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="AVE" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="i">Brill</subfield><subfield code="P">EBA Brill All</subfield><subfield code="x">https://eu02.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/43ACC_OEAW/openurl?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&portfolio_pid=5343298300004498&Force_direct=true</subfield><subfield code="Z">5343298300004498</subfield><subfield code="b">Available</subfield><subfield code="8">5343298300004498</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |