Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses

A Cry for Help
New Perspectives on Healing and Disease in the Ancient Mediterranean World


Volume 101, issue 3
2025



351 - 357 - 
Introduction
RESCIO, Mara, VERHEYDEN, Joseph

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Sick People and Healers in the Greco-Roman World
Insights from Documentary Sources and Ancient Medical Literature
361 - 376 - 
Shame, Fear, and Noncompliance
The Obstacles in the Patient-Physician Dialogue
ECCA, Giulia

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377 - 394 - 
'In Sickness and Healing'
Epigraphic Commemorations in Ancient Everyday Life
OGEREAU, Julien

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395 - 407 - 
Patients and Doctors in Greek Documentary Papyri
REGGIANI, Nicola

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409 - 467 - 
Who were the Blind that Jesus Healed?
Looking at the Synoptic Miracle Stories through the Lens of Greek Documentary Papyri
RESCIO, Mara

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The Varieties of Healing
Competition and Dialogue between Doctrines, Practices, and Techniques
471 - 485 - 
More than an Infirmity, Close to a Disability
Reflections on Early Christianity, Healing Miracles, and the History of Disabilities in Antiquity
LAES, Christian

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487 - 516 - 
Hermes Medicus
Astral Healing in the Technical Hermetica
BULL, Christian H.

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517 - 530 - 
Reassessing the 'Christian' in Christian Magic
SANZO, Joseph E.

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531 - 558 - 
Mere Phlegm, Blood, and Bile
Curing Carnal Desire in John Chrysostom and Greek Philosophy
CUIJPERS, Mathieu

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559 - 586 - 
Competition and Compassion
Medical Knowledge among Rabbis, Patients, and Healing Experts in Late Antiquity
LEHMHAUS, Lennart

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