The Greek Language of Healing from Homer to New Testament Times
eBook - PDF

The Greek Language of Healing from Homer to New Testament Times

  1. 507 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Greek Language of Healing from Homer to New Testament Times

About this book

Die Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) ist eine der ältesten undrenommiertesten internationalen Buchreihen zur neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Seit 1923 publiziert sie wegweisende Forschungsarbeiten zum frühen Christentum und angrenzenden Themengebieten. Die Reihe ist historisch-kritisch verankert und steht neuen methodischen Ansätzen, die unser Verständnis des Neuen Testaments befördern, gleichfalls offen gegenüber.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access The Greek Language of Healing from Homer to New Testament Times by Louise Wells in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Biblical Criticism & Interpretation. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9783110153897
eBook ISBN
9783110822038
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Table of Contents
  3. List of illustrations
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Plates
  6. Part One: Argument
  7. Section One. The language of healing in the Greek world
  8. 1. In the beginning
  9. 2. Asklepios at Epidauros
  10. 2.1. Sources
  11. 2.2. Epidauros
  12. 2.3. Epigraphical evidence
  13. 2.4. Patient profile
  14. 2.5. Healing methods
  15. 2.6. Healing language
  16. 2.7. Conclusion
  17. 3. Asklepios at Athens
  18. 3.1. Healing methods
  19. 3.2. Healing language in inscriptions
  20. 3.3. Literary evidence
  21. 3.4. Conclusion
  22. 4. Asklepios at Kos
  23. 4.1. History
  24. 4.2. The asklepieion at Kos - Herodas
  25. 4.3. The Hippokratic Corpus
  26. 4.4. Inscriptions
  27. 4.5. Conclusion
  28. 5. Asklepios at Pergamon
  29. 5.1. Inscriptions
  30. 5.2. Galen
  31. 5.3. Marcus Aurelius
  32. 5.4. Aelius Aristides
  33. 5.5. Conclusion
  34. Section Two. The language of healing in the New Testament
  35. 6. Jewish use of Greek healing language in the Septuagint, Philo of Alexandria, and Josephus
  36. 6.1. Septuagint
  37. 6.2. Philo
  38. 6.3. Josephus
  39. 6.4. Conclusion
  40. 7. The synoptic gospels: θεραπίύω
  41. 7.1. The importance of healing in the synoptic gospels
  42. 7.2. Mark
  43. 7.3. Matthew
  44. 7.4. Luke
  45. 7.5. θεραπεύω
  46. 7.6. Conclusion
  47. 8. The New Testament use of ίάομαι?
  48. 8.1. Mark
  49. 8.2. Matthew
  50. 8.3. Luke-Acts
  51. 8.4. John
  52. 8.5. The use of ίάομαι in the epistles of the New testament
  53. 8.6. Conclusion
  54. 9. Other New Testament healing words: σώζω καθαίρώ ἅπτομαι υ̒γιαίνω
  55. 9.1. διασώζω σώζω
  56. 9.2. καθαίρώ
  57. 9.3. Jesus’ method of healing
  58. 9.4. υ̒γιαίνω υ̒γιής
  59. 10. Commands and commissions
  60. 11. Conclusion
  61. 11.1. ἰάομαι
  62. 11.2. υ̒γταίνω
  63. 11.3. σώζω
  64. 11.4. θεραπεύω
  65. Bibliography
  66. Part Two: Appendices. Section One The language of healing in the Greek world
  67. 1:1 Map of Greece and the Aegean
  68. 1:2 Map of Greece
  69. 2:1 Inscriptions Graecae IV2 1, no. 121 [2nd half of 4th c. BC]
  70. 2:2 Inscriptiones Graecae IV2 1, no. 122 [2nd half of 4th c. BC]
  71. 2:3 Inscriptiones Graecae IV2 1, no. 125 [3rd c. BC]
  72. 2:4 Inscriptiones Graecae IV2 1, no. 126 [ca. 160 AD]
  73. 2:5 Inscriptiones Graecae IV2 1, no. 126 [ca. 160 AD]
  74. 2:6 Inscriptiones Graecae IV2 1, no. 127 [224 AD]
  75. 3:1 Votive reliefs
  76. 3:2 The language of healing in inscriptions at Athens
  77. 3:3 Inscriptiones Graecae II2, no. 4514 [2nd c. AD]
  78. 3:4 Suidas, Lexicon, s.v. Δομνΐνο
  79. 3:5 Epicurus
  80. 3:6 Inscriptiones Graecae VII, no. 235
  81. 4:1 Hippokrates
  82. 4:2 Decree conferring a gold crown on a physician, Xenotimos
  83. 4:3 Decree of Knossos in honour of a doctor from Kos
  84. 4:4 Herodas IV
  85. 4:5 Inscriptiones Creticae IV, no. 168
  86. 5:1 Inscriptio Pergamena [ed. R. Herzog, Berl. Sitzber., 1934, pp. 753ff.]
  87. 5:2 Inscriptio Pergamena [ed. M. Fränkel, Inschriften von Pergamon, II, 1895, no. 264]
  88. 5:3 Inscriptio Pergamena [ed. M. Fränkel, Inschriften von Pergamon, II, 1895, no. 251]
  89. 5:4 Oribasius, Collectiones Medicae XLV, 30.10-14
  90. 5:5 Galen
  91. 5:6 Aelius Aristides
  92. 5:7 Marcus Aurelius
  93. Section Two The language of healing in the New Testament
  94. 6:1 Greek healing language in the Septuagint: θεραπεΰω and Ιάομαι
  95. 6:2 Josephus
  96. 6:3 Philo
  97. 7:1 The language of healing in the synoptic gospels: Matthew
  98. 7:2 The language of healing in the synoptic gospels: Mark
  99. 7:3 The language of healing in the synoptic gospels: Luke
  100. 7:4 Peter's declaration
  101. 7:5 The incidence of healing in the synoptic gospels
  102. 7:6 Gender differentiation of specific healings
  103. 7:7 The synoptic portrayal of issues and antagonists
  104. 7:8 New Testament healing words: θεραπευω θεραπια θεράπων
  105. 7:9 Incidence of θεραπευω in the New Testament according to tense, voice and mood
  106. 7:10 New Testament healing words : διασώζω σωζω
  107. 7:11 Incidence of διασωζω σωζω in New Testament healing stories according to tense, voice and mood
  108. 7:12 Incidence of άπτομαι in New Testament healing stories according to tense, voice and mood
  109. 7:13 Incidence of απτομαι κρατέω έπιτιθημι τας χαιρας έπιτιμάω έμβριμάομαι σπλαγχνιζομαι in synoptic healing stories
  110. 8:1 The language of healing in Acts
  111. 8:2 The language of punishment in Acts
  112. 8:3 New Testament healing words : Ιάομαι ϊαοις ιαμα ιατρός
  113. 8:4 Incidence of ιάομαι in the New Testament according to tense, voice and mood
  114. 9:1 The language of healing in the gospel according to John
  115. 9:2 New Testament healing words : ύγιαίνω ύγιή
  116. Acknowledgements
  117. Index