Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies - Softcover

Edelstein, Prof Emma J. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801857694 ISBN 13: 9780801857690

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

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A classic study of the legendary Greek physician and--in the last stages of paganism--the Greek deity who posed the greatest challenge to Christ.

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Emma J. Edelstein (1904-1958), a classical scholar, received her doctorate from the University of Heidelberg in 1933. She is the author of Xenophontisches und platonisches bild des Sokrates. Ludwig Edelstein (1902-1965), professor of classics, philosophy, and the history of medicine, taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Washington, the University of California, and the Rockefeller Institute (later Rockefeller University). He is the author of The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation, Interpretation, The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity, and The Meaning of Stoicism. Gary Ferngren is professor of history at Oregon State University.

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Throughout nearly all of antiquity, the legendary Greek physician, Asclepius, son of Apollo and Coronis, was the primary representative of divine healing. He remained so influential in the religious life of later centuries that, as Emma J. Edelstein and Ludwig Edelstein point out, "in the final stages of paganism, of all genuinely Greek gods, (he) was judged the foremost antagonist of Christ". First published in two volumes in 1945, the Edelsteins' classic study provides an overview of all facets of the Asclepian phenomenon. The book makes available a unique collection of the literary references and inscriptions in ancient texts to the deity, his life, his deeds, his cult, and his temples - each given in both the original and translation and accompanied by extended analysis and commentary.

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• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0801857694
• ISBN 13: 9780801857690
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 784
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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