Ancient Jewish text preserves real-world remedies By College of Arts and Sciences June 21, 2022 One typically turns to rabbis for spiritual advice, but the Babylonian Talmud, a collection of traditions produced by Jews living along in ancient Persia, 224-651 C.E., also contains a great deal of medical knowledge, according to a new book by a Cornell author. In “Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science,” Jason Mokhtarian argues that the rabbis subscribed to a common medical culture they shared with pagans, Christians, Mandaeans and other therapeutic schools of thought, while at the same time...
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