Koheleth, Canonical Clinician
- 21 August 1958
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 259 (8) , 389-392
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195808212590808
Abstract
IN the Holy Bible there are countless descriptions of men's souls. This is to be expected in the Holy Writ. It is interesting, therefore, to encounter in these writings a passage devoted to a careful case description of physical illness.In the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament a remarkable exposition is set forth concerning the rigors of the aging process. Exhibiting keen awareness of the symptoms involved, the ancient Biblical writer has fashioned a poetic description of the inevitable toll of old age that reads as follows:Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, . . .Keywords
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