Leisure, pleasure, and healing : : spa culture and medicine in ancient eastern Mediterranean / / by Estēe Dvorjetski.

The book deals with leisure, pleasure and healing at the thermo-mineral sites in the Levant since the biblical era throughout the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and early Muslim periods. It looks closely at the question of whether the spas, which are models for social interaction between pagans, Chr...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 116.
Physical Description:1 online resource (600 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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