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Paul and Asklepios : the Greco-Roman quest for healing and the apostolic mission
Title
Paul and Asklepios : the Greco-Roman quest for healing and the apostolic mission / Christopher D. Stanley.
ISBN
9780567696557
0567696553
9780567708151
0567708152
9780567696564
9780567696588
Publication
London ; New York, NY : T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
253 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This book explores the nature and extent of sickness and healing in the Greco-Roman world, and assesses what the apostle Paul might have thought, said, and done regarding "pagan" modes of medical treatment"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Stanley, Christopher D. Paul and Asklepios London ; New York : T&T CLARK, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2023
Series
Library of New Testament studies, 639
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and indexes.
Contents
Part I. The Greco-Roman health care system. Sickness and disability in the Greco-Roman world
Home remedies
"Magical" treatments
Religious healing
Medical care
Overlapping health care system
Part II. Judean and Christian health care system. Judean approaches to health care
Christian approaches to health care
Paul and the Greco-Roman health care system
Sickness, healing, and the mission of Paul.
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