A non-stigmatizing Bible
The "tsará-ath" of the Hebrew Books, translated as "Lepra" in the Greek "Septuaginta" Bible was a ritual defilement based on various skin and scalp lesions and on blemishes, probably mold, on garment, leather, walls and stones. The previous appellation ("Lepra&quo...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima
1978-06-01
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Series: | Hansenologia Internationalis |
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Online Access: | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/35645 |