Diseases in the Bible and Quran: differences between grace or punishment from the Jerusalem God

Fernando Herbella; Ademir Santos Jr; Edgar Gomes

doi:10.33182/ijor.v4i1.2767

Authors

Fernando Herbella Federal University of Sao Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-5744
Aemir Santos Jr Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul
Edgar Gomes Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33182/ijor.v4i1.2767

Keywords:

History of religions, Diseases, Bible, Quran

Abstract

Health and religion are strongly connected. This study aims primarily to compile the diseases described in the Bible and Quran with a secondary aim to group the diseases in punishment or blessing. Diseases mentioned in the Bible and Quran were compiled by manual review and grouped as punishment if imposed by the deity as penance; blessing if cured by grace or neutral. The results show difference among the books in the distribution of the diseases as associated to punishment (more prevalent in the first testament), blessing (more prevalent in the second testament) or neutral (more prevalent in the Quran).

Author Biographies

Fernando Herbella, Federal University of Sao Paulo

Dr. Fernando Herbella is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, the same university where he obtained his MD, residence, MSc and PhD degrees. He is an active scholar with over 270 publications in the field of surgery. He is currently an undergraduate student in Theology.
Aemir Santos Jr, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul

Ademir Santos Jr. has a BA in Theology, History, Geography and Pedagogy. He obtained his Masters in Psychology. He is an associated professor in different universities.
Edgar Gomes, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul

Dr. Edgar Gomes, Historian and Theologian, obtained his BA in Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University SÃ£o Paulo (PUC-SP), SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil, the same institution where he also obtained his M. A. and PhD in History; postdoc in history at the Historical and Geographical Institute of Santa Catarina (IHGSC). He is currently the Head of the Theology Course at the Cruzeiro do Sul University, Theology School, SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil.