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Yiddish "Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum" From Early Modern Poland: A Humanistic Symbiosis of Latin Medicine and Jewish Thought

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dc.abstract.enThe hitherto unknown early modern Eastern Yiddish adaptation of a well-known European dietetic and medical Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum printed in Poland in 1613, is to be found in the Austrian National Library in Vienna under the Ashkenazi Hebrew title Seyfer derekh eyts ha-khajim. This anonymous treatise written by a Jewish medical doctor reveals a remarkable symbiosis of medical and religious ideas of the great Jewish philosopher and physician Maimonides and typical occidental dietetic and hygienic rules propagated by the Latin genre regimen sanitatis. The Yiddish regimen sanitatis, presented here, is an extraordinary example of the transfer and adaptation of scientific medical knowledge that crosses the boundaries of Jews and Gentiles. In this remarkable attempt, the unknown author, a former student of the renowned medical school of Padua was certainly inspired by the humanistic spirit of that time. It is especially noteworthy considering the fact that medical practices of Jews in Eastern Europe, from where the book originates, are considered to be particularly superstitious and obscure at that time. Seyfer derekh eyts ha-khajim proves the contrary and an analysis of the work challenges many of the widely held assumptions. … Read more
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorLammel, Hans-Uwe
dc.contributor.authorSariel, Eliezer
dc.contributor.authorOffer, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorCiesielska, Maria
dc.contributor.authorTuszewicki, Marek
dc.contributor.authorMenuhin, Naomi
dc.contributor.authorLusek, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorKreuder-Sonnen, Katharina
dc.contributor.authorTeichfischer, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorEinhorn, Ignacy
dc.contributor.authorRice, Monika
dc.contributor.authorGeller, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorHalpin, Ross W.
dc.contributor.authorBorzyszkowska-Szewczyk, Mirosława
dc.contributor.authorMoskalewicz, Marcin
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-28T12:21:23Z
dc.date.available2024-01-28T12:21:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.financeNie dotyczy
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-92480-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/139069
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319924793
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationlinguistics
dc.publisher.ministerialSpringer
dc.relation.pages13-27
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.pljidysz Żydów polskich, historia języka jidysz, medycyna dawna, regimen sanitatis salernitanum
dc.titleYiddish "Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum" From Early Modern Poland: A Humanistic Symbiosis of Latin Medicine and Jewish Thought
dc.typeMonographChapter
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