Physician
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2009-01-01
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Philosophy and Religious Studies
The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies focuses on two areas of study. Its major in Philosophy seeks to examine human experience and reality through critical reflection and argument, developing skills in critical analysis and knowledge of ethics and philosophy. The major in Religious Studies seeks to investigate and reflect upon world religions in an objective, critical, and appreciative manner, providing students with knowledge of religion’s nature and its roles in social and individual life.
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In the modern sense of a person certified to engage in diagnosis and therapy through naturalistic/scientific means, physician has no exact equivalent in the Bible. The Hebrew term rofe' refers to a person who treats bodily injuries with medicinal substances (Jer 8:22; compare Exod 21: 19), as well as embalmers (Gen 50:2). Yahweh is called a rofe' in Exod 15:26 ("the LORD who heals you").
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This is an encyclopedia entry from The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible 4 (2009): 524. Posted with permission.
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