Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.37.3, pp. 2843-2865
 
Hygiene and Healing among the Jews in the Post-Biblical Period: A Partial Reconstruction
by Samuel S. Kottek, Jerusalem

Contents

Introduction 2843

I. Hygienic Rules of the Essenes

2846

1. Diet and Sobriety

2846

2. Sexual Life

2847

3. Bathing and Anointing

2849

4. Toilets

2851

5. Spitting

2853

6. Sabbath' Rest

2854

II. The Essenes as Healers

2854

- Imposing of Hands

2859

III. Moral and Psychological Qualities

2860

IV. Care of the Sick

2860

V. Other Items Related to Medicine

2861
Selected Bibliography 2862
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