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- Title
"UNTO THEIR ASSEMBLY, MINE HONOR, BE NOT THOU UNITED": TUVIYA COHEN AND THE MEDICAL MARKETPLACE IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD.
- Authors
ZINGER, NIMROD
- Abstract
The article discusses early modern Jewish physician Tuviya Cohen, examining his views on various kinds of healers. It focuses his opinions of "wise women," barbers, and Ba'alei Shem, or healers employing practical Kabbala. The author also comments on the views of Jewish physicians Yosef Shlomo Delmedigo and Avraham Wallich on healers. The article addresses Cohen's views on witchcraft and demons, noting his opinions on "the Polish disease," or "Plica Polonica," and its treatment by the Ba'alei Shem.
- Subjects
COHEN, Tuviya; HEALERS; WOMEN healers; JUDAISM &; medicine; JEWISH physicians; CABALA; BARBERS; DELMEDIGO, Yosef Shlomo; WALLICH, Avraham; JEWISH history; HISTORY
- Publication
Korot / Qôrôt̲, 2010, Vol 20, p67
- ISSN
0023-4109
- Publication type
Article