The relationship between medicine and Judaism underwent continuous changes in the area of tension between legal and theological arguments. Corresponding to the progress in medical disciplines, early skepticism in the Halakhah largely gave way to practice-oriented reflection on questions of medical ethics. This development is based largely on the principle of a special …
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Sinclair, Daniel, “Medicine”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 08 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0526>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
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