This dissertation is a textual and traditio-historical study of Psalm 78. The textual analysis of the entire psalm in Chapter 1 is followed in Chapter 2 by an examination of the plague tradition in Ps 78:44-51, and its relationship to the plague accounts of J, P and Psalm 105. W…
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Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic organisms which can be spread throughout communities by direct and indirect contact. Burkholderia pseudomallei, Francisella tularenisis, and Yersinia pestis are the causative agents of melioidosis, tularemia and plague, respectively. …
In the second half of the sixteenth century, a group of physicians sought to uncover how communicable diseases formed and spread. This group used letters to share information, swap cures, and debate theories. It centered around the imperial physician, Johann Crato von Krafftheim…
The Black Death of 1347-1351 in Europe wiped out nearly 60% of Europe’s entire population, killing men, women and children, young and old alike. It brought with it a wave of changes impacting everyday life and tradition, artistic expression, religious devotion and medical practi…