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Leisure, pleasure and healing : spa culture and medicine in ancient eastern Mediterranean /

Deals with leisure, pleasure and healing in the thermo-mineral sites in the Levant since the biblical era throughout the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and early Moslem periods. This work looks at the question of whether the spas served as sacred cult places or popular sites of healing.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dvorjetski, Esti
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Colección:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Geological, Hydrological and Medicinal Aspects of Hot springs in the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Past and Present; Chapter Three: Medicinal Hot Springs and Healing Spas in the Graeco-Roman World; Chapter Four: Historical-Archaeological Analysis and Healing Cults of the Therapeutic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin; Chapter Five: The Healing Properties of the Thermo-mineral Baths in the Eastern Mediterranean in Ancient Times.