A dictionary of Bible plants:
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1. Verfasser: Musselman, Lytton John 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 2012
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schlagworte:
Beschreibung:Contents: Acacia -- Algum -- Almond -- Almug -- Apricot -- Aspalathus -- Balm of Gilead -- Barley -- Beans -- Bitter herbs -- Black cumin -- Broom -- Cane -- Caper -- Carob -- Cedar of Lebanon -- Cinnamon -- Coriander -- Crimseon -- Crown of thorns -- Cucumber -- Cumin -- Cypress -- Date palm -- Dill -- Dove's dung -- Ebony -- Fig -- Flax -- Flower of the field -- Frankincense -- Galbanum -- Gall -- Garlic -- Gourd, wild colycinth -- Grape -- Grass -- Henna -- Hyssop -- Ivy -- Juniper -- Ladanum -- Laurel -- Leek -- Lentil -- Lily of the field -- Mallow, wild greens -- Mandrake -- Mastic -- Millet -- Mint -- Mulberry -- Mustard -- Myrrh -- Myrtle -- Nard, spikenard -- Nitre -- Oak -- Olive -- Onion -- Papyrus -- Pine -- Pistachio -- Pistacia -- Plane -- Pomegranate -- Poplar -- Reed -- Rode of Jericho -- Rose of Sharon -- Rue -- Rush -- Saffron -- Styrax -- Sweet cane [Acorus Calamus] -- Sycomore -- Tamarisk -- Tares -- Thistle -- Thornbush -- Thyine -- Tumbleweed, Gundelia -- Vetches -- Walnut -- Watermelon -- Wheat -- Willow -- Wormwood. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Summary: This book describes and illustrates each plant mentioned in the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha. The book draws on Lytton John Musselman's extensive field investigations from Beirut to Borneo and from the Atlas to the Zagros mountains and includes his original images of each plant. Incorporating new research on their use, the text also reviews recent analytical studies of plants used in materials and technology as well as ancient grains, beer production, medicine, tensile materials, soap, and other articles. Based on these materials, Musselman provides several new plant identifications for controversial biblical passages. In addition, the book surveys the history of Bible plant literature from the time of the Greeks and Romans to the present and reviews and correlates it with Bible plant hermeneutics ...
Beschreibung:XI, 173 Seiten zahlreiche Illustrationen 26 cm
ISBN:9780521110990

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