{"product_id":"9781119025528","title":"Ancient Babylonian Medicine Theory and Practice","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAncient Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAncient Babylonian Medicine\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTheory and Practice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMarkham J. Geller\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eUtilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, \u003ci\u003eAncient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAttempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were related\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarkham J. Geller \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Semitic Languages at University College London and Professor for the History of Science at the Free University Berlin. He is the author \u003ci\u003eof Evil Demons: Canonical Utukkū Lemnūtu Incantations\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eMelothesia in Babylonia\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), editor of \u003ci\u003eMelammu, the Ancient World in an Age of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDisease in Babylonia\u003c\/i\u003e(2007) and \u003ci\u003eImagining Creation \u003c\/i\u003e(2008).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 May 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119025528\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312412586124,"sku":"9781119025528","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119025528_3a6ea649-cf98-4e00-8a73-037fae58866e.jpg?v=1780158078","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119025528","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}