Tzaraat refers to a group of skin diseases that, according to the Old Testament, renders one ritually unclean. Analysis of the text reveals that there are four categories of lesions discussed. Each category has a primary lesion as well as specific secondary changes. The primary lesions include depigmented lesions on previously healthy skin, lesions on previously abnormal skin, lesions on areas of diffuse alopecia, and lesions of localized alopecia. It is unlikely that these diseases have a modern-day counterpart.
BT - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7045170?dopt=Abstract CN - FREILICH1982 DA - 1982 Jan DO - 10.1016/s0190-9622(82)70010-6 IS - 1 J2 - J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. LA - eng N2 -Tzaraat refers to a group of skin diseases that, according to the Old Testament, renders one ritually unclean. Analysis of the text reveals that there are four categories of lesions discussed. Each category has a primary lesion as well as specific secondary changes. The primary lesions include depigmented lesions on previously healthy skin, lesions on previously abnormal skin, lesions on areas of diffuse alopecia, and lesions of localized alopecia. It is unlikely that these diseases have a modern-day counterpart.
PY - 1982 SP - 131 EP - 4 T2 - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology TI - Tzaraat--"biblical leprosy". VL - 6 SN - 0190-9622 ER -