A presentation within

BabMed Seminar 2

Greek and Babylonian Medicine – A Comparative View
Winter Semester 2015/2016

Tuesday, 6-8 pm, Bibliothek TOPOI-Haus, Hittorfstraße 18, 14195 Berlin

Convened by Markham J. Geller/Principal Investigator BabMed

The olfactory sense, the senses of taste and vision had a crucial part in the social and cultural world of the Babylonian Talmud. This presentation shall explore the rabbinic concepts of these senses in connection with their medical and legal implications.

The BabMed Seminar 2 is being organised in cooperation with TOPOI excellence cluster Berlin Dahlem.