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A history of Jewish gynaecological texts in the Middle Ages.

Publication Details

Leiden & Boston: Brill, 1998 CE.

"A general introduction to the history of medieval Jewish medicine, its origins in Muslim countries, the main Arabic and Judeo-Arabic texts, and the renaissance of Hebrew as a language of science in the 12th-15th centuries is followed by a survey and analysis of the 15 extant medieval Jewish gynaecological texts (including translations from Greek, Latin and Arabic as well as original Hebrew treatises) and a comparison of the particular characteristics of Jewish gynaecology to the Latin and Arabic traditions. In the second part of the work the author presents critical editions [in Hebrew] with translations of six medieval Jewish gynaecological texts" (publisher).

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Entry Number#11895
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Geographic Context

Publication place: Leiden & Boston