TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caballero-Navas,Carmen
TI  - Book of Women
SN  - 9781317847465
AV  - HQ1418 .B384 2014 
U1  - 305.48696 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: The Book in its context -- Chapter 1: Composition and characteristics of the Book -- 1.1. Cultural activity in the Jewish communities of southern Europe and the production of medical literature on the female body -- 1.2. Linguistic analysis -- 1.3. Sources -- 1.3.1. Sources of Graeco-Latin origin -- 1.3.2. Sources of Arab origin -- 1.3.3. Sources of Hebrew origin -- 1.3.4. Unidentified sources -- 1.4. The genre and intended audience of the Book of Women's Love -- Chapter 2: Contents of the Book -- 2.1. Magic and kabbalah in the Book of Women's Love: the written reflection of a  living practice -- 2.1.1. Magic is a living practice -- 2.1.2. The more women the more witchcraft -- 2.1.3. Kabbalah and magic practices in the Book -- 2.2. Sexuality and eroticism in the Book -- 2.2.1. Treatises dedicated to (hetero)sexuality and the Book of Women's Love -- 2.3. The care of women's health and beauty: cosmetics and gynaecology -- 2.3.1. The adornment and decoration of female bodies -- 2.3.1.1. The texts on cosmetics and the Book of Women's Love -- 2.3.2. Women's diseases: gynaecology and obstetrics -- 2.3.2.1. The Hebrew corpus on women's healthcare -- 2.3.2.2. Women's health and the diseases of genital organs in the Book of Women 's Love -- Part Two: Edition and translation -- The manuscript -- On the edition and translation -- Abbreviations and SIGLA -- Hebrew text and English translation -- Commentary -- Glossary of materia medica and technical terms -- English - Hebrew -- Hebrew - English -- Sources and Bibliography -- Unpublished sources -- Published sources -- Bibliography -- Index of names, places and topics
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