Prakt. lékáren. 2019; 15(4): 245-248

The pharmaceutical substances contained in biblical texts of ancient period

Aleš Franc
Ústav technologie léků, Farmaceutická fakulta VFU Brno

This article discusses the ancient drugs for the treatment of various diseases that can be found in the biblical texts of the canonical and deuterocanonical books of the Old and New Testaments. Although the biblical texts – in opposite to sacred books of other religions – are practically not concerned with medicinal products, they contain a number of interesting case reports. What is particularly striking about these examples is that – unlike, for example, Ayurveda, Taoism or primitive shamanism – there is no spiritual significance attributed to these substances. Reason is, that in Jude-Christian philosophy does not exist spiritualization of the nature and no occult meaning is attributed to matter except its created existence and inner order.

Keywords: Bible, pharmacist, drugs

Published: December 1, 2019  Show citation

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