The healing goddess Gula : towards an understanding of ancient babylonian medicine /

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Providing a comprehensive study of the Ancient Babylonian healing goddess, this book employs a range of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources. The resulting volume challenges many long-held assumptions concerning the specialized medical literature and addresses the nature of healing in Ancient Mesopotam...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Böck, Barbara (Barbara Alexandra)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2014.
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 67.
Subjects:
Healing gods.
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
History, Ancient
Dieux guérisseurs.
Médecine assyro-babylonienne.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Healing gods
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Providing a comprehensive study of the Ancient Babylonian healing goddess, this book employs a range of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources. The resulting volume challenges many long-held assumptions concerning the specialized medical literature and addresses the nature of healing in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Physical Description:1 online resource (231 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004261464
900426146X
130602806X
9781306028066

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