Collecting recipes: Byzantine and Jewish pharmacology in dialogue

"This volume brings together contributions covering different periods of the history of ancient pharmacology and medical writing, from Greek, Byzantine, and Syriac medicine to the Rabbinic-Talmudic medical discourses. It highlights the overwhelming mass of information about drugs and remedies i...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Lehmhaus, Lennart ca. 20./21. Jh. (Editor) ; Martelli, Matteo 1975- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Italian
French
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
WorldCat: WorldCat
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2017]
In: Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures (Volume 4)
Year: 2017
Reviews:[Rezension von: Collecting Recipes] (2019) (Tieleman, Teun)
Series/Journal:Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures Volume 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Byzantine Empire / Pharmacy / Ancient Orient / Byzantine Empire / Syriac language
B Medicine / Judaism / History
B Pharmacy / Judaism / History
B Rabbinic literature / Late Antiquity / Medicine
Further subjects:B Medicine in rabbinical literature
B Collection of essays
B Medicine, Greek and Roman
B Medicine, Ancient
B Pharmacology Byzantine empire
B Pharmacology
B Pharmacology (Byzantine empire)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
Description
Summary:"This volume brings together contributions covering different periods of the history of ancient pharmacology and medical writing, from Greek, Byzantine, and Syriac medicine to the Rabbinic-Talmudic medical discourses. It highlights the overwhelming mass of information about drugs and remedies in classical and late-antique sources, and traces the transmission and transformation of pharmacological knowledge across cultural and linguistic boundaries"--
ISBN:1501510770