Leisure, pleasure, and healing : spa culture and medicine in ancient eastern Mediterranean / by Estee Dvorjetski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dvorjetski, Esti.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health resorts--Middle East--History.

Health resorts.

Mineral waters--Therapeutic use--Middle East--History.

Mineral waters.

Balneology--Middle East--History.

Balneology.

Hot springs--Middle East--History.

Hot springs.

Baths, Hot--Middle East--History.

Baths, Hot.

Medicine--Middle East--History.

Medicine.

Medicine, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (600 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book deals with leisure, pleasure and healing at the thermo-mineral sites in the Levant since the biblical era throughout the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and early Muslim periods. It looks closely at the question of whether the spas, which are models for social interaction between pagans, Christians and Jews, served as sacred cult places or popular sites of healing. The main objectives of the book are as follows: • Clarifying the leisure-time activities at the spas based on Classical and Rabbinic literature, pilgrims’ travel-books, Syriac and Arabic texts, the Geniza fragments, cartographic evidence, and archaeological findings. • Lightening the daily life, healing cults, medical recommendations and treatments. • Examining the social history of medicine at the curative baths.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter One. Introduction / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Two. Geological, Hydrological And Medicinal Aspects Of Hot Springs In The Eastern Mediterranean—Past And Present / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Three. Medicinal Hot Springs And Healing Spas In The Graeco-Roman World / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Four. Historical-Archaeological Analysis And Healing Cults Of The Therapeutic Sites In The Eastern Mediterranean Basin / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Five. The Healing Properties Of The Thermo-Mineral Baths In The Eastern Mediterranean In Ancient Times / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Six. Daily Life At The Thermo-Mineral Baths According To Rabbinic Literature / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Seven. Roman Emperors At The Spas In The Eastern Mediterranean Basin / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Eight. The Numismatic Expression Of The Medicinal Hot Springs / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Nine. Pilgrimage To The Spas In The Eastern Mediterranean During The Later Roman And Byzantine Periods / E. Dvorjetski

Chapter Ten. Epilogue / E. Dvorjetski

Bibliography / E. Dvorjetski

General Index / E. Dvorjetski

Greek Words / E. Dvorjetski

Illustrations / E. Dvorjetski.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92117-3

9786611921170

90-474-2051-9

OCLC:

307254458

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004156814.i-566 DOI