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Author Lev, Efraim, author

Title Jewish medical practitioners in the Medieval Muslim world : a collective biography / Efraim Lev
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Non-Muslim contributions to Islamic civilisation
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Lists of Tables, Maps, Charts and Figures -- Notes on Names, Transcription, Abbreviations, Citations, Bibliography, Main Historical Periods and Muslim Rulers -- 1. Preface and Acknowledgements -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Prosopography of Jewish Medical Practitioners -- 4. Professional, Social, Geographical, Religious and Economic Aspects of Jewish Medical Practitioners -- 5. Epilogue -- Bibliography -- List of Geniza Fragments -- Index of People -- Index of Places -- General Index
Summary This book collects and analyses the available biographical data on 600 Jewish medical practitioners in the 9-16th century Muslim world. Both the biographies and the accompanying discussion shed light on both the medicine of the period and practitioners' professional, daily and personal lives; Jewish communities; and inter-religious affairs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2021)
Subject Jewish physicians -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500
Jewish physicians -- Islamic countries -- Biography
Medicine, Medieval -- Islamic countries
Jewish physicians
Medicine, Medieval
Islamic countries
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781474484008
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9781474495592
1474495591