00962nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653002100065653001100086653001200097100001500109245005800124300001100182490000700193520056600200022001400766       1993                            d  c1993 Mar10aBible10aHistory, Ancient10aHumans10aleprosy1 aKaplan D L00aBiblical leprosy: an anachronism whose time has come.  a507-100 v283 a<p>Although there is a growing consensus that biblical leprosy was indeed not Hansen's disease, there has been no agreement as to the disease or diseases described in the Bible. Biblical scholars have recently provided valuable insights regarding the interpretation of the original text on the cutaneous diseases described in Leviticus, chapter 13. It is suggested by the author that no particular cutaneous disease was meant to be implicated. Rather the passages were written to exonerate persons whose only "sin" was to have an obvious cutaneous disorder.</p>  a0190-9622