The Talmud, the Hippocratic Corpus and Mark’s healing Jesus on infectious diseases

Through interacting with the sick, did Jesus contract infectious diseases or did he take preventive herbs to avoid them? During biblical times, infectious diseases were fatal. Diarrhoea, cough, pneumonia and skin diseases would quickly spread across villages or cities. Underscoring the seriousness w...

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Published in:	Hervormde teologiese studies Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
Main Author:	Dube, Zorodzai
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 30.07.2018 African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS Reformed Theological College of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria and Society for Practical Theology in South Africa
Subjects:	cleanliness Communicable diseases Healing Health aspects History Hygiene Infection Jesus Christ Prevention Religion Social aspects washing of hands
ISSN:	0259-9422, 2072-8050, 2072-8050
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