Health and the Origins of the Miqveh
Abstract Use of rock-cut stepped pools for immersion in harvested rainwater is first attested in Judean source material of the second century BCE and on archaeological record shortly thereafter. As argued here, the practice became widespread due to the impact of Greco-Roman ideas about health and we...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Journal of ancient Judaism
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 418-459 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Antiquity
/ Bath
/ Health
/ Judea
/ Mikveh
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Medicine
B bathing B Health B Miqveh B Purity B Judea |
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