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Author Dvorjetski, Esti.

Title Leisure, pleasure and healing : spa culture and medicine in ancient eastern Mediterranean / by Estēe Dvorjetski.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 524 pages) : illustrations.
Series Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 116.
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Health resorts -- Middle East -- History.
Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use -- Middle East -- History.
Balneology -- Middle East -- History.
Hot springs -- Middle East -- History.
Baths, Hot -- Middle East -- History.
Medicine -- Middle East -- History.
Medicine, Ancient.
Health Resorts -- history.
Balneology -- history.
History, Ancient.
Hot Springs.
Mineral Waters -- therapeutic use.
Ancient Lands.
Mediterranean Region.
TRAVEL -- Resorts & Spas.
Balneology. (OCoLC)fst00826194
Baths, Hot. (OCoLC)fst00828744
Health resorts. (OCoLC)fst00953227
Hot springs. (OCoLC)fst00961689
Medicine. (OCoLC)fst01014893
Medicine, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst01015182
Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use. (OCoLC)fst01022391
Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
Geneeskrachtige bronnen.
Sociale aspecten.
Medische aspecten.
Midden-Oosten.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Dvorjetski, Esti. Leisure, pleasure and healing. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004156814 900415681X (DLC) 2007060882 (OCoLC)85898552
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004156814.i-566 doi
ISBN 9789047420514 (electronic bk.)
9047420519 (electronic bk.)
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