Health and Hellenism: Philo of Alexandria ’s Discourse on Health in the Context of Greek Philosophy and Hippocratic Medicine
(2023)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2023). Health and Hellenism: Philo of Alexandria ’s Discourse on Health in the Context of Greek Philosophy and Hippocratic Medicine. In C. Hezser (Ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice (43-68). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004541474_004
Outputs (128)
Introduction: The Significance of Health in Jewish History, Culture, and Society (2023)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2023). Introduction: The Significance of Health in Jewish History, Culture, and Society. In C. Hezser (Ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice (1-22). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004541474_002
Physical Strength and Weakness as Means of Social Stratification in Palestinian Rabbinic Discourse of Late Antiquity (2023)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2023). Physical Strength and Weakness as Means of Social Stratification in Palestinian Rabbinic Discourse of Late Antiquity. In C. Hezser (Ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice (87-106). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004541474_006
Health as a Jewish National Ideal in Early Zionist Writings (2023)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2023). Health as a Jewish National Ideal in Early Zionist Writings. In C. Hezser (Ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice (208-230). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004541474_011
Anti-Semitism, pagan (2023)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2023). Anti-Semitism, pagan. In T. Whitmarsh (Ed.), Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.528Whether the modern term anti-Semitism, popularized by the German anti-Semitic agitator and founder of the League of Antisemites Wilhelm Marr (1819–1904), is appropriate for antiquity is controversial. Scholars have proposed to use alternative terms s... Read More about Anti-Semitism, pagan.
Women and Religious Practice in Ancient Jewish Novels: Judith, Susanna, and Aseneth (2023)
Journal Article
Hezser, C. (2023). Women and Religious Practice in Ancient Jewish Novels: Judith, Susanna, and Aseneth. Judaïsme Ancien - Ancient Judaism : International Journal of History and Philology, 11, 13-32. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.jaaj.5.141333Although the ancient Jewish novels with central female characters (Judith, Susanna, and Aseneth) were probably written by male authors and represent their perspectives and ideals, they are the main sources on women’s religiosity in Second Temple time... Read More about Women and Religious Practice in Ancient Jewish Novels: Judith, Susanna, and Aseneth.
Ọ̀rúnmìliàn Film-Philosophy: Aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú in Saworoidẹ (2023)
Journal Article
Bello, S. A. (2023). Ọ̀rúnmìliàn Film-Philosophy: Aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú in Saworoidẹ. Film and Philosophy, 27, 89-103. https://doi.org/10.5840/filmphil2022111421This article discusses a relationship between the philosophical praxis of Ọ̀rúnmìlà and aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú (i.e., the costume of the living and the costume of the dead) in Saworoidẹ (dir. Túndé Kèlání’s, 1999). I construct the Yorùbá/Ọ̀rúnmì... Read More about Ọ̀rúnmìliàn Film-Philosophy: Aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú in Saworoidẹ.
Making Oil Men: Expertise, Discipline and Subjectivity in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s Training Schemes (2023)
Book Chapter
Biglari, M. (2023). Making Oil Men: Expertise, Discipline and Subjectivity in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s Training Schemes. In N. Fuccaro, & M. Limbert (Eds.), Life Worlds of Middle Eastern Oil: Histories and Ethnographies of Black Gold (221-248). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/j.ctv32vqk3j.15