TY - BOOK ID - 118264702 TI - Contested cures : identity and ritual healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine PY - 2023 SN - 139950276X 1399502751 1399502735 PB - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Magic KW - Spiritual healing KW - HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. KW - Divine healing KW - Faith-cure KW - Faith healing KW - Spiritual therapies KW - Healing KW - Miracles KW - Magick KW - Necromancy KW - Sorcery KW - Spells KW - Occultism KW - Personal identity KW - Personality KW - Self KW - Ego (Psychology) KW - Individuality KW - History KW - Religious aspects KW - To 1500 KW - Middle East KW - Rome (Empire) KW - Palaestina (region) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118264702 AB - In the ancient Mediterranean world, individuals routinely looked for divine aid to cure physical afflictions. 'Contested Cures' argues that the inevitability of sickness and injury made people willing to experiment with seemingly beneficial techniques, even if they originated in a foreign cultural or religious tradition. ER -