"Who knows what the cause is?": "natural" and "unnatural" causes for illness in the writings of BA'Alei Shem, doctors and patients among German Jews in the eightheenth century

Nimrod Zinger

doi:10.1163/ej.9789004167186.i-490.26

"Who knows what the cause is?": "natural" and "unnatural" causes for illness in the writings of BA'Alei Shem, doctors and patients among German Jews in the eightheenth century

Nimrod Zinger

Jewish History

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Jewish Body
Subtitle of host publication	Corporeality, Society, and Identity in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period
Editors	Maria Diemling, Giuseppe Veltri
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Pages	127-155
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004167186
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004167186.i-490.26
State	Published - 1 Jan 2009

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Name	Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Volume	17
ISSN (Print)	1568-5004

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Cultural Studies
History

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Zinger, N. (2009). "Who knows what the cause is?": "natural" and "unnatural" causes for illness in the writings of BA'Alei Shem, doctors and patients among German Jews in the eightheenth century. In M. Diemling, & G. Veltri (Eds.), The Jewish Body: Corporeality, Society, and Identity in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period (pp. 127-155). (Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Vol. 17). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004167186.i-490.26

Zinger, Nimrod. / "Who knows what the cause is?" : "natural" and "unnatural" causes for illness in the writings of BA'Alei Shem, doctors and patients among German Jews in the eightheenth century. The Jewish Body: Corporeality, Society, and Identity in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period. editor / Maria Diemling ; Giuseppe Veltri. Brill Academic Publishers, 2009. pp. 127-155 (Studies in Jewish History and Culture).

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Zinger N. "Who knows what the cause is?": "natural" and "unnatural" causes for illness in the writings of BA'Alei Shem, doctors and patients among German Jews in the eightheenth century. In Diemling M, Veltri G, editors, The Jewish Body: Corporeality, Society, and Identity in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period. Brill Academic Publishers. 2009. p. 127-155. (Studies in Jewish History and Culture). doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004167186.i-490.26

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