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Jewish Physician's Response to the Black Death: Abraham Caslari's Tractate on Pestilential Fevers and Fever Types

Contributor(s): Einbinder, Susan L (Editor), Einbinder, Susan L (Translator)

ISBN: 9781802703979

Publisher: ARC Humanities Press

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Pub Date: May 31, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Glossary, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.61" H x 9.21" L x 6.11" W ( 0.79 lbs) 136 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Europe | Medieval | Jewish | General | Social History | Medical

Series: Foundations

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Description:

One of the earliest exemplars of a Black Death tractate, this work by the Jewish physician, Abraham Caslari, is made available for the first time in English.

Brief description:

Susan L. Einbinder is Professor emerita of Hebrew & Judaic Studies at the University of Connecticut-Storrs. Her four earlier books examine literary and historical responses to crises in European Jewish communities.

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