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Medicine and the German Jews : a history /

In this powerful book one of the most important Jewish thinkers in the world today grapples with issues that increasingly divide Israel's secular Jewish community from its religious Zionists. Addressing the concerns of both communities from the point of view of one who is deeply committed to re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Efron, John M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The emergence of the medieval Jewish physician
  • Jewish physicians: in and out of the German ghetto
  • Haskalah and healing: Jewish medicine in the age of enlightenment
  • The Jewish body degenerate?
  • The psychopathology of everyday Jewish life
  • In praise of Jewish ritual: modern medicine and the defense of ancient traditions
  • Before the storm: Jewish doctors in the Kaiserreich and Weimar Republic.