Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies

by Emma J. Edelstein and Ludwig Edelstein

A classic study of the legendary Greek physician and--in the last stages of paganism--the Greek deity who posed the greatest challenge to Christ.

Throughout nearly all of antiquity, the legendary Greek physician, Asclepius, son of Apollo and Coronis, was not only the primary representative of divine healing, but also so influential in the religious life of later centuries that, as Emma J. Edelstein and Ludwig Edelstein point out,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801857694
• ISBN13: 9780801857690
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 782 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 10.2"