@misc{10481/100533, year = {2019}, month = {11}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/100533}, abstract = {In this article, I analyse the attribution of remedies and therapeutic procedures to women, anonymous in the main, embedded in a number of texts belonging to the medieval Hebrew corpus of literature on women's health care. By suggesting a classification of the ways in which both women and their healing activities are referred to, I intend to offer a framework that helps to identify Jewish (and non-Jewish) women's health agency from medical texts. In addition to textual analysis, I compare some of the mentions with evidences found in a variety of historical and literary sources for the sake of helping to contextualise them.}, abstract = {In this article, I analyse the attribution of remedies and therapeutic procedures to women, anonymous in the main, embedded in a number of texts belonging to the medieval Hebrew corpus of literature on women's health care. By suggesting a classification of the ways in which both women and their healing activities are referred to, I intend to offer a framework that helps to identify Jewish (and non-Jewish) women's health agency from medical texts. In addition to textual analysis, I compare some of the mentions with evidences found in a variety of historical and literary sources for the sake of helping to contextualise them.}, organization = {Proyecto I+D "Lengua y Literatura del Judaísmo clásico y medieval [FFI2016-78171-P]", financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.’}, organization = {Proyecto I+D "Lengua y Literatura del Judaísmo clásico y medieval [FFI2016-78171-P]", financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.’}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, title = {Virtuous and wise: apprehending female medical practice from Hebrew texts on women’s health care}, doi = {10.1093/shm/hkz025}, author = {Caballero Navas, Carmen}, }