{"product_id":"illness-pain-and-health-care-helen-rhee-9780802876843","title":"Illness, Pain, and Health Care in Early Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat did pain and illness mean to early Christians? And how did their approaches to health care compare to those of the ancient Greco-Roman world?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this wide-ranging interdisciplinary study, Helen Rhee examines how early Christians viewed illness, pain, and health care and how their perspective was influenced both by Judeo-Christian tradition and by the milieu of the larger ancient world. Throughout her analysis, Rhee places the history of medicine, Greco-Roman literature, and ancient philosophy in constructive dialogue with early Christian literature to elucidate early Christians' understanding, appropriation, and reformulation of Roman and Byzantine conceptions of health and wholeness from the second through the sixth centuries CE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUtilizing the contemporary field of medical anthropology, Rhee engages illness, pain, and health care as sociocultural matters. Through this and other methodologies, she explores the theological meanings attributed to illness and pain; the religious status of those suffering from these and other afflictions; and the methods, systems, and rituals that Christian individuals, churches, and monasteries devised to care for those who suffered. Rhee's findings ultimately provide an illuminating glimpse into how Christians began forming a distinct identity--both as part of and apart from their Greco-Roman world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Rhee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802876846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802876843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.31w x 1.24d","brand":"Helen Rhee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059746697471,"sku":"9780802876843","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23bacc30-bac6-4987-a2cc-d709273ed1c9.jpg?v=1685060088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/illness-pain-and-health-care-helen-rhee-9780802876843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}