The
healthy Jew
the symbiosis of Judaism and modern medicine
Hart, Mitchell Bryan
1959-
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NetLibrary, Inc
text
bibliography
Electronic books.
enk
Cambridge
New York
Cambridge University Press
2007
monographic
eng
x, 264 p. ; 24 cm.
"'Tis a little people, but it has done great things" : the role of health and medicine in modern Jewish apologetics -- Moses the microbiologist : Alfred Nossig's The social hygiene of the Jews -- Healthy Hebrews, healthy Jews : the Bible as a sanitary code in Anglo-American medical literature -- From ghetto to jungle : Darwinism, eugenics, and the reinterpretation of Jewish history -- TB or not TB, that was a Jewish question : Moses, kashrut, and the prevention of tuberculosis -- "Then what advantage does the Jew have?" : Judaism as a model for Christian health -- Conclusion.
Mitchell B. Hart.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-258) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
Medicine
Religious aspects
Judaism
Health
Religious aspects
Judaism
Jews
Health and hygiene
History
Medicine
History
Medicine in the Bible
Jews
Dietary laws
Tuberculosis
Treatment
Medicine
Religious aspects
Christianity
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0511335520 (electronic bk.)
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