The Corporeality of the Self: The Example of Bitter Nefeš as an Ethnomedical Syndrome

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Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Lilly, Ingrid E.
year: 
2021
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The Corporeality of the Self: The Example of Bitter Nefeš as an Ethnomedical Syndrome

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume: 
28
Issue / Series Volume: 
3
Abbreviated Series Name: 
DSD
Place of Publication: 
Leiden
Publisher: 
Brill
Pages: 
396–422
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

A contribution to Western genealogies of the self, the corporeality of the Hebrew soul (nefeš) is explored through the lens of ancient medical discourses. Using the example of bitterness as an ethnomedical syndrome, this essay shows how the Hebrew idiom “bitter nefeš” acts as an embodied channel of flux in illness narratives about bodily suffering and healing.

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https://brill.com/view/journals/dsd/28/3/article-p396_6.xml
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20/12/2021
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108 381