Book Detail
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The Eleventh Plague:
Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to COVID-19
Brown, Jeremy
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Category: History of Medicine
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Status: Out of Stock at the Publisher
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Dimensions: 6.44 x 1.56 x 9.33 in
Quantity On Hand: 0, Reprint Pending
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Synopsis:
Written in a lively and compelling style, this book explains the hidden relationship between Judaism and the world of infectious disease. It combines history, medicine, science, and religion and gives us a new appreciation of how Jews and Judaism have been deeply shaped by plagues and pandemics, from ancient times up to the present.
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