Contents

Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Disclaimer
Preface

1. Medicine on the Margins
2. Trends and Methods in the Study of Talmudic Medicine
3. Precursors of Talmudic Medicine
4. Empiricism and Efficacy
5. Talmudic Medicine in Its Sasanian Context
Conclusion

Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Source Index
General Index

About the Author

Jason Sion Mokhtarian is Associate Professor and Herbert and Stephanie Neuman Chair in Hebrew and Jewish Literature at Cornell University. He is author of Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran.

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