{"product_id":"9781405126526","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\u003e is Professor of Semitic Languages at University College London and Guest Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvil Demons: Canonical Utukku Lemnutu Incantations\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDisease in Babylo-nia\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\u003e17 May 2010\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\u003e9781405126526\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\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\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377774620812,"sku":"9781405126526","price":39.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405126526.jpg?v=1780160072","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405126526","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}