Emma J. Edelstein

Asclepius

Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Legendary ancient Greek physician and healer god Asclepius was considered the foremost antagonist of Christ. Providing an overview of all facets of the Asclepius phenomenon, this work, first published in two volumes in 1945, comprises a unique collection of the literary references and inscriptions in ancient texts to Asclepius, his life, his deeds, cult, temples--with extended analysis thereof.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1446g
• ISBN-13: 9780801857690
• ISBN-10: 0801857694
• Artikelnr.: 21812412

Autorenporträt

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.