[The concept of illness in ancient Israel].
Author - analysing primarily the text of the Holy Script - presents the most important characteristics of the concept of illness in ancient Israel. According to him illnesses were described mostly by their evident symptoms - so identification of the different diseases remains almost impossible. On the other hand illnesses were regarded as punishments of sins against God or against the Law, so the most efficient, or the only advised remedy was the prayer and the repentance. This concept changed only in late Hellenic times, especially in the Book of Sirach (2.c.A.D.).
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Károli Gáspár Calvinist University, Budapest, Hungary.
D001633:Bible; D004194:Disease; D049690:History, Ancient; D007557:Israel; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine