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OverviewAiming to develop a less studied literary genre, this book provides a well-rounded picture of spiritual and physical diseases and their remedies as they were ingrained in the imagination and practices of Middle Eastern Abrahamic cultures, with a special emphasis of Christian communities (Greeks/Byzantines, Syrians, Armenians, Georgians, Ethiopians). The volume traces traditions dealing with the onset of a disease in the body and soul, the search for remedy, the maintenance of healing, and the engagement of these processes with faith—either through their affirmation in the public sphere or remaining within the personal framework, as in monastic traditions. A recurring presence in religious literature and the history of the intellectual world, the confrontation between disease and healing may well still be current for our modern understanding of the paths to seeking and maintaining the health of one’s body and soul, without excluding the factor of faith as a core principle. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Catalin-Stefan PopaPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Weight: 0.811kg ISBN: 9789004549104ISBN 10: 9004549102 Pages: 398 Publication Date: 31 July 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Catalin-Stefan Popa 1 The Contemplative as Spiritual Physician: Medical Theory and Terminology in the Writings of Evagrius Ponticus Luke Dysinger 2 Illness, Sainthood, and Spiritual Healing in Early Antique Monasticism Daniel Lemeni 3 Illness of Body and Soul in Greek-Speaking Church Fathers Martin Meiser 4 Survivals of Phoenician and Aramaic Pharmacobotany during Late Antiquity Daniel Asade 5 Zoroastrian Medical Rhetoric in Late Antique Iran Mahnaz Moazami 6 Physician, Spiritual Healer, or Medicine Man? Medical Science according to Bar Bahlūl Stefanie Rudolf 7 Spiritual Therapy of the Heart: Syriac Fathers on a Pure Heart and How to Keep It Free of Disease Catalin-Stefan Popa 8 Disease and Healing according to the Armenian Christian Tradition Jesse Siragan Arlen 9 Soul and Body: Diseases, Remedies and Healing in Georgian Hagiography Gaga Shurgaia 10 Haunted Bodies: Health, Illness and Inner Life in Byzantium Raffaele Guerra 11 Non-Codex Gəʿəz Manuscripts as Forms of Healing Hagos Abrha Abay 12 A Sixteenth Century Hebrew Account of the Epidemic in Naples Nadia Zeldes 13 Medical and Pharmacological Remedies with Qurʾanic Verses in Nineteenth-Century Manuscripts from Timbuktu Ali Diakite and Paul Naylor 14 ‘Let Us Bear Illness with Dignity and Righteousness’ Physical and Spiritual Affliction in the Understanding of the Elders of Optina Eugene Lyutko, Gleb Zapalsky and Vyacheslav Yachmenik Index of Subjects Index of Names Index of PlacesReviewsAuthor InformationCatalin-Stefan Popa, Ph.D. (2016) Georg August University of Göttingen, Habilitation (2021), Karl Franzens University of Graz, is Research Professor at the Romanian Academy. He has published monographs, edited volumes and articles, including The Making of Syriac Jerusalem: Representations of the Holy City in Syriac Literature of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Routledge, 2023). He is editor-in-chief and founder of The Syriac Annals of Romanian Academy (SARA). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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