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1 online resource (xxxiii, 524 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116
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Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Geological, Hydrological and Medicinal Aspects of Hot springs in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Past and Present; Chapter Three: Medicinal Hot Springs and Healing Spas in the Graeco-Roman World; Chapter Four: Historical-Archaeological Analysis and Healing Cults of the Therapeutic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin; Chapter Five: The Healing Properties of the Thermo-mineral Baths in the Eastern Mediterranean in Ancient Times. |
| Summary |
Deals with leisure, pleasure and healing in the thermo-mineral sites in the Levant since the biblical era throughout the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and early Moslem periods. This work looks at the question of whether the spas served as sacred cult places or popular sites of healing. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Health resorts -- Middle East -- History.
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Health resorts. |
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Middle East. |
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History. |
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Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use -- Middle East -- History.
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Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use. |
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Balneology -- Middle East -- History.
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Balneology. |
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Hot springs -- Middle East -- History.
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Hot springs. |
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Baths, Hot -- Middle East -- History.
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Baths, Hot. |
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Medicine -- Middle East -- History.
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Medicine. |
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Medicine, Ancient.
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Medicine, Ancient. |
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Health Resorts -- history. |
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Balneology -- history. |
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History, Ancient. |
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Hot Springs. |
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Mineral Waters -- therapeutic use. |
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Ancient Lands. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dvorjetski, Esti. Leisure, pleasure and healing. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004156814 900415681X (DLC) 2007060882 (OCoLC)85898552 |
| ISBN |
9789047420514 (electronic book) |
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9047420519 (electronic book) |
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9789004156814 |
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900415681X (alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004156814.i-566 |
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