Fever and Dysentery in Acts 28:8 and Ancient Medicine
This article explores ancient views about the character of fever and dysentery, as well as both natural and supernatural treatments sometimes prescribed for them. This information affords us greater sensitivity to how Luke's earliest audiences would have conceived the severity of this ailment a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Eisenbrauns
2009
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Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2009, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 393-402 |
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| Summary: | This article explores ancient views about the character of fever and dysentery, as well as both natural and supernatural treatments sometimes prescribed for them. This information affords us greater sensitivity to how Luke's earliest audiences would have conceived the severity of this ailment and hence appreciated the healing reported here. |
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| ISSN: | 2576-0998 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/26424217 |