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Hidden Psychiatry of the Old Testament

  • ISBN-13: 9780761870470
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: HAMILTON BOOKS
  • By George Stein
  • Price: AUD $126.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/12/2018
  • Format: Paperback 608 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Bibles [HRCF]
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The Old Testament is the primary religious text for the Jewish people and also forms a major part of the sacred texts of Christianity. The Old Testament covers not only the religion of the ancient Israelites, but also gives a detailed account of their secular life, which naturally includes their mental health issues. Most of the common major psychiatric disorders are well represented, and there are several descriptions of depression. The verses of the Old Testament were all written with a primary religious intention, but sometimes, almost incidentally, they include mentions of familiar mental symptoms. This becomes clear only when all the religion, history and myth are stripped away from them - hence the title The Hidden Psychiatry of the Old Testament.
Foreword by John Barton, FBA Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Job: A Man With Severe Depression Chapter 3: Jeremiah: The Nature of His Woe Chapter 4: Lamentations Chapter 5: The Hebrew Psalms and Affective Disorder Chapter 6: King Saul: The Nature of His Insanity Chapter 7: Suicide, Suicidal Thoughts and Self-mutilation in the Bible Chapter 8: Ezekiel: Schizophrenia or Schizo-Affective Disorder? Chapter 9: Did Chronic Mental Illness Exist in the Ancient World? Chapter 10: Proverbs and Personality Disorders: Male Types of Antisocial Personality Disorder Chapter 11: The "Strange Woman" of Proverbs Chapter 12: Psychosomatic Disorders and Other Miscellaneous Episodes Chapter 13: Children Chapter 14: Alcoholism in Ancient Israel Chapter 15: Sirach: An Observer of Humanity and Psychiatry Chapter 16: Concluding Remarks Appendix 1 Appendix 2
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