Health care and the rise of Christianity /
Hector Avalos.
- Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c1999.
- viii, 166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and indexes.
Health care as a system -- The Israelite health care systems -- Major Greco-Roman traditions -- The socioreligious frameworks -- Therapeutic strategies -- Economics -- Geographical accessibility -- Time -- Comparative synthesis.
9781565633377 (pbk.) 1565633377 (pbk.)
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Healing--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600. Healing--Religious aspects--History of doctrines. Medicine, Greek and Roman