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245 10 a| Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristidesh| [electronic resource] /c| by Ido Israelowich.;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| 2012.;

300 a| viii, 206 pages ;c| 25 cm.;

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505 0 a| Aelius Aristides and the sacred tales -- Introduction -- The composition of the sacred tales -- Date of composition -- Method of composition -- Motives for composition -- The sacred tales as an autobiography -- The ancient readers of the sacred tales -- A narrative of redemption -- Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides -- Introduction -- The Graeco-Roman health-care system -- Towards a definition of a medical discourse -- Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world -- Roman medicine and its Greek influences -- Dreams -- The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales -- The place of the sick in society -- Medical discourse in the sacred tales -- The physicians in the sacred tales -- Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides -- Falling ill -- Aristides and Asclepius -- Wider contexts -- Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides -- Introduction -- Theology -- The myth of Asclepius -- Divination, oracles and dreams -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation -- Cult, festivals and games -- The power of images.;

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Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides / by Ido Israelowich.

Author/creator	Israelowich, Ido, 1972-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Description	viii, 206 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Aristides, Aelius. Sacred teachings. Medicine, Greek and Roman--History.

Series	Mnemosyne supplements ; volume 341 Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 341. ^A492133
Contents	Aelius Aristides and the sacred tales -- Introduction -- The composition of the sacred tales -- Date of composition -- Method of composition -- Motives for composition -- The sacred tales as an autobiography -- The ancient readers of the sacred tales -- A narrative of redemption -- Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides -- Introduction -- The Graeco-Roman health-care system -- Towards a definition of a medical discourse -- Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world -- Roman medicine and its Greek influences -- Dreams -- The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales -- The place of the sick in society -- Medical discourse in the sacred tales -- The physicians in the sacred tales -- Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides -- Falling ill -- Aristides and Asclepius -- Wider contexts -- Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides -- Introduction -- Theology -- The myth of Asclepius -- Divination, oracles and dreams -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation -- Cult, festivals and games -- The power of images.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-201) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012006305
ISBN	9789004229082 (hardback : alkaline paper)

Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides / by Ido Israelowich.

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