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This is the first full study of Galen's references to Jews and Christians, three of which are preserved only in an arabic version of a lost Greek Life of Galen. Galen's judgements are remarkably unbiased and reveal an understanding of Jewish and Christian thought unique among the educated classes of his day. The author examines the statements -- two of which are considered for the first time -- as utterances of Galen, the physician and philosopher, and discusses them at the same time in their general setting.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition (and only it would seem). Ex-library copy from the Oxford University Press archive, with call numbers at spine, residue, shows storage crease at front. Boards and binding sturdy. Part of the Oxford Classical & Philosophical Monographs series. Cloth, dj. 8vo. 101 p.
