The Danish physician Thomas Bartholin, famous for his work as an anatomist, also nourished a career-long interest in accounts of medicine in the Bible that resulted in a series of books on the topic. His final such work, On Biblical Diseases (De morbis biblicis, 1672) attracted a wide readership and was regarded by contemporaries as a model of an early modern practice called medicina sacra, the analysis of biblical accounts of disease and healing. Taking Biblical Diseases as a focal point, I investigate methods and goals of early modern study of medicine in the Bible. Setting out early influences that shaped Bartholin's development, I demonstrate connections between his work and its precursors. Examining Biblical Diseases itself, I indicate how Bartholin deployed contemporary medical, philological, theological, and historical knowledge to scrutinize biblical accounts. A brief glance at the reception of Biblical Diseases reveals that theologians and physicians alike utilized Bartholin's work and how it influenced subsequent studies of medicine in the Bible.

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神圣医学与圣经：托马斯·巴托林 (Thomas Bartholin) 论圣经疾病 (1672)

以解剖学家的工作而闻名的丹麦医生托马斯·巴托林 (Thomas Bartholin) 也培养了职业生涯中对圣经中医学记载的兴趣，从而产生了一系列关于该主题的书籍。他的最后一部此类著作 On Biblical Diseases (De morbis biblicis, 1672) 吸引了广泛的读者，并被同时代人视为早期现代实践的典范，称为 medicina sacra，对圣经中疾病和治愈的记载进行分析。以圣经疾病为焦点，我研究了早期现代圣经医学研究的方法和目标。我列出了影响 Bartholin 发展的早期影响，展示了他的工作与其前身之间的联系。检查圣经疾病本身，我指出巴托林如何部署当代医学、语言学、神学、和历史知识来审查圣经记载。简要浏览一下《圣经疾病》的接收情况，就会发现神学家和医生都利用了巴托林的著作，以及它如何影响了后来对《圣经》中医学的研究。