Season 2: Episode 56
Leprosy: What Was It?
Date Aired: 3/04/2024
The history doctor is in! Helen and Dave welcome Dr. Ricky Shinall—an MD with a PhD in biblical studies—to help us diagnose leprosy in the ancient world. Did biblical leprosy have anything to do with modern Hansen’s disease? Were lepers considered “untouchable” pariahs? And what does all of this have to do with ritual impurity?
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