Israel’s Biblical Legacy in Medicine
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.246Keywords:
medicine, commandments of God, heritageAbstract
God gave the Jews a number of commandments, but their medical significance has started to become appreciated only in recent years. They were given the following health laws: regular rest and relaxation, suitable food, cleanliness, isolation when infected with a contagious disease, circumcision, and marriage regulations. It has been suggested that the insistence on circumcision has led to a very low incidence of cervical cancer among Jewish women, and that the decrees related to marriage have been helpful in containing the spread of a number of hereditary diseases.
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2018-09-30
How to Cite
Wajda, A. M. (2018). Israel’s Biblical Legacy in Medicine. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 71(3), 237–256. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.246
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