The Hidden Psychiatry of the Old Testament
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-7047-0 (ISBN)
The Old Testament is the primary religious text for the Jewish people and also forms a major part of the sacred texts of Christianity. The Old Testament covers not only the religion of the ancient Israelites, but also gives a detailed account of their secular life, which naturally includes their mental health issues. Most of the common major psychiatric disorders are well represented, and there are several descriptions of depression. The verses of the Old Testament were all written with a primary religious intention, but sometimes, almost incidentally, they include mentions of familiar mental symptoms. This becomes clear only when all the religion, history and myth are stripped away from them – hence the title The Hidden Psychiatry of the Old Testament.
Dr. George Stein worked for thirty years as a community psychiatrist in South-East London. He has published articles on postnatal depression, personality disorder and the clinical use of lithium, as well as co-edited two editions of a national textbook on general psychiatry.
Foreword by John Barton, FBA
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Job: A Man With Severe Depression
Chapter 3: Jeremiah: The Nature of His Woe
Chapter 4: Lamentations
Chapter 5: The Hebrew Psalms and Affective Disorder
Chapter 6: King Saul: The Nature of His Insanity
Chapter 7: Suicide, Suicidal Thoughts and Self-mutilation in the Bible
Chapter 8: Ezekiel: Schizophrenia or Schizo-Affective Disorder?
Chapter 9: Did Chronic Mental Illness Exist in the Ancient World?
Chapter 10: Proverbs and Personality Disorders: Male Types of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Chapter 11: The “Strange Woman” of Proverbs
Chapter 12: Psychosomatic Disorders and Other Miscellaneous Episodes
Chapter 13: Children
Chapter 14: Alcoholism in Ancient Israel
Chapter 15: Sirach: An Observer of Humanity and Psychiatry
Chapter 16: Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 898 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7618-7047-4 / 0761870474 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-7047-0 / 9780761870470 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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