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Contested cures : identity and ritual healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
In the ancient Mediterranean world, individuals routinely looked for divine aid to cure physical afflictions. 'Contested Cures' argues that the inevitability of sickness and injury made people willing to experiment with seemingly beneficial techniques, even if they originated in a foreign...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
: Edinburgh University Press
, 2022
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| Series: | Edinburgh studies in religion in antiquity
Edinburgh scholarship online |
| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/academic.oup.com/edinburgh-scholarship-online/book/51360 |
| Author Notes: | Megan S. Nutzman |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology |
| Summary: | In the ancient Mediterranean world, individuals routinely looked for divine aid to cure physical afflictions. 'Contested Cures' argues that the inevitability of sickness and injury made people willing to experiment with seemingly beneficial techniques, even if they originated in a foreign cultural or religious tradition |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2022 Includes bibliographical references and index Zielgruppe: Specialized |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 253 pages) illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781399502757 |
