Israel's First Physician and Apothecary: Noah and the Origins of Medicine in the Book of Jubilees

The book of Jubilees paints Noah as the first physician and apothecary, who received knowledge of natural medicine from the angels of God so that he could save his offspring from the ailments being inflicted upon them by evil spirits. This article examines this aspect of the Noah tradition in the bo...

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Autor principal: Syfox, Chontel (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Sage [2018]
En: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Año: 2018, Volumen: 28, Número: 1, Páginas: 3-23
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Liber iubilaeorum / Noach, Personaje bíblico / Físico / Farmacéutico / Medicina
Clasificaciones IxTheo:HD Judaísmo primitivo
Otras palabras clave:B Medicine
B Disease
B Healing
B Jubilees
B Second Temple Judaism
B Noah
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Sumario:The book of Jubilees paints Noah as the first physician and apothecary, who received knowledge of natural medicine from the angels of God so that he could save his offspring from the ailments being inflicted upon them by evil spirits. This article examines this aspect of the Noah tradition in the book of Jubilees and attempts to identify its origins. The study considers the potential textual and ideological impetuses behind this tradition, and proposes that attributing the beginning of medical knowledge to Noah may have served to create a licit category of medicine for the author of Jubilees' intended audience.
ISSN:1745-5286
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0951820718805635