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Babylonian beer in Talmud (2)

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Jewish philosophers and scholars

Text
Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 69a:
The Akkadian expression ‘fine quality beer’ (šikaru ṭābu) is the usual designation of beer used in recipes and ritual offerings, and is the obvious source for the final clause in the medical recipe for ‘blood in the mouth’. The Aramaic expression šykrˀ ḥrypˀ dṭbt means accordingly ‘strong beer which is of good quality’.

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Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 69a

Bibliography

Geller 2000, 21-22Geller, Mark J. “An Akkadian Vademecum in the Babylonian Talmud.” In: S. Kottek and M. Horstmanshoff (eds.). From Athens to Jerusalem. Medicine in Hellenized Jewish Lore and in Early Christian Literature. Rotterdam: Erasmus Publishing 2000, 13-32.

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