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Introduction to the book of Asaph the Physician: The oldest existing text of a medical book written in Hebrew.

MUNTNER, Suessman Alexander (1897 – 1973) jewishvirtuallibrary.org
ASAPH THE PHYSICIAN (-400 – 300) Wikipedia

Jerusalem, 1957.

See also, Muntner, "The antiquity of Asaph the Physician and his editorshoip of the earliest Hebrew book of medicine," Bull. Hist. Med., 25 (1951) 101-131.

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Entry Number#11944
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External URLintroduction-to-the-book-of-asaph-the-physician-the-oldest-existing-text-of-a-medical-book-written-in-hebrew

Geographic Context

Publication place: Jerusalem