Miri Shefer-Mossensohn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1444270 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miri Shefer-Mossensohn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miri |
| FAMILY NAME | Shefer-Mossensohn |
| SIGNATURE | SHEFER-MOSSENSOHN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3955-5647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Medieval Islamic Hospital
The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion, and Charity. By Ahmed Ragab. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xviii + 263. $99.99, £64.99 (cloth), $80 (ebook
Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800 By Sara Scalenghe
Journal Article Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800 By Sara Scalenghe Get access Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800 By Sara Scalenghe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization), xiv + 205 pp. Price HB £55.00. EAN 978–1107044791. Miri Shefer-Mossensohn Miri Shefer-Mossensohn Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Islamic Studies, Volu…
Muslim Midwives
Yaron Ayalon. Natural Disasters in the Ottoman Empire
Yaron Ayalon joins a small but steadily growing group of young scholars investigating Middle East human experience through the lens of nonhuman processes. This book offers an assessment of the impact of natural disasters on the Ottoman Empire as a state and society, from its rise in the fourteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. The more recurrent natural disasters were epidemics and earthquakes, each interconnected with ano…
Birsen Bulmuş. Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire
Early Muslim Medicine and the Indian Context
The past few decades have witnessed a remarkable shift in the way scholars study the field of sciences in Muslim societies. Up to the 1980s, research focused on Muslim scientists’ role as transmitters of science to the West, and as contributors to Western science. The Muslim world was commonly viewed as a link between ancient Greece and Latin Christendom, its scholars serving as translators of Greek treatises, and as preservers of Greek knowledge…
An Ottoman Physician and His Social and Intellectual Milieu
Empires of the Silk Road
"Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, by Christopher I. Beckwith.." Canadian Journal of History, 46(2), pp. 434–435
A Sick Sultana in the Ottoman Imperial Palace
Being a human endeavor, medical ethics and clinical practices are affected by a set of social and cultural norms in conjunction with factors pertaining to the patients’ social and financial status. In this paper, I consider how gender and money shaped medical realities in the early modern Ottoman Empire. People of means certainly had more medical options available to them, although that did not necessarily lead to better results. Gender too was n…
Ransom Slavery along the Ottoman Borders
Purity Lost
"Purity Lost: Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000-1400, by Steven A. Epstein." Canadian Journal of History, 43(3), pp. 582–583
A Sick Sultana in the Ottoman Imperial Palace
Being a human endeavor, medical ethics and clinical practices are affected by a set of social and cultural norms in conjunction with factors pertaining to the patients’ social and financial status. In this paper, I consider how gender and money shaped medical realities in the early modern Ottoman Empire. People of means certainly had more medical options available to them, although that did not necessarily lead to better results. Gender too was n…
Ransom Slavery along the Ottoman Borders
Early Muslim Medicine and the Indian Context
The past few decades have witnessed a remarkable shift in the way scholars study the field of sciences in Muslim societies. Up to the 1980s, research focused on Muslim scientists’ role as transmitters of science to the West, and as contributors to Western science. The Muslim world was commonly viewed as a link between ancient Greece and Latin Christendom, its scholars serving as translators of Greek treatises, and as preservers of Greek knowledge…
Purity Lost
"Purity Lost: Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000-1400, by Steven A. Epstein." Canadian Journal of History, 43(3), pp. 582–583
Ransom Slavery along the Ottoman Borders
An Ottoman Physician and His Social and Intellectual Milieu
Empires of the Silk Road
"Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, by Christopher I. Beckwith.." Canadian Journal of History, 46(2), pp. 434–435
A Sick Sultana in the Ottoman Imperial Palace
Being a human endeavor, medical ethics and clinical practices are affected by a set of social and cultural norms in conjunction with factors pertaining to the patients’ social and financial status. In this paper, I consider how gender and money shaped medical realities in the early modern Ottoman Empire. People of means certainly had more medical options available to them, although that did not necessarily lead to better results. Gender too was n…
Early Muslim Medicine and the Indian Context
The past few decades have witnessed a remarkable shift in the way scholars study the field of sciences in Muslim societies. Up to the 1980s, research focused on Muslim scientists’ role as transmitters of science to the West, and as contributors to Western science. The Muslim world was commonly viewed as a link between ancient Greece and Latin Christendom, its scholars serving as translators of Greek treatises, and as preservers of Greek knowledge…
Birsen Bulmuş. Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire
Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800 By Sara Scalenghe
Journal Article Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800 By Sara Scalenghe Get access Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800 By Sara Scalenghe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization), xiv + 205 pp. Price HB £55.00. EAN 978–1107044791. Miri Shefer-Mossensohn Miri Shefer-Mossensohn Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Islamic Studies, Volu…
Muslim Midwives
Yaron Ayalon. Natural Disasters in the Ottoman Empire
Yaron Ayalon joins a small but steadily growing group of young scholars investigating Middle East human experience through the lens of nonhuman processes. This book offers an assessment of the impact of natural disasters on the Ottoman Empire as a state and society, from its rise in the fourteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. The more recurrent natural disasters were epidemics and earthquakes, each interconnected with ano…
Medieval Islamic Hospital
The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion, and Charity. By Ahmed Ragab. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xviii + 263. $99.99, £64.99 (cloth), $80 (ebook
History (10 works) · Ancient history (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Classics (5 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Classics (4 works)