Leprosy: Medical views of Leviticus Rabba

Early Science and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 138-154

  Ostrer, Boris S ^a  

^a St Petersburg Society for Hebrew Studies   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; LEPROSY; LITERATURE; MEDICINE; RELIGION;

BIBLE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; JUDAISM; LEPROSY; MEDICINE;

EID: 1842612661     PISSN: 13837427     EISSN: 15733823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157338202X00063     Document Type: Review

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