On the margins of a minority : leprosy, madness, and disability among the Jews of medieval Europe / Ephraim Shoham-Steiner ; translated by Haim Watzman.
- Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim
- Date:
- 2014
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Ḥarigim be-ʻal korḥam. English
Description
Drawing on material from the late-tenth- to fifteenth-centuries, examines how Jews further marginalized by illness or disability were regarded by both Christian and Jewish communities.
Publication/Creation
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2014.
Physical description
xiii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Edition
English-language edition.
Notes
Translated from Hebrew.
Contents
Leprosy as a concept -- Social attitudes toward lepers -- What is madness? -- Social attitudes toward the insane -- The physically impaired -- Disability in sacred and private space.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBFH.3.AA2Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780814339312
- 081433931X