Sample page from Plant guide:Nature Guide & ResourcesThe fourth and fifth sections contain a nature guide divided into four elements: sky, water, earth and plants. This section contains a comprehensive 100+ page guide to the plants mentioned in the Bible. Every plant article includes botanical descriptions, photographs, relevant verses, and rabbinic material.
Resources of classical texts, material for Tu BiSh'vat and a bibliography are included. |
Plant Index
Fruit bearing Trees almond apple carob citron date palm fig grape jujube olive pistachio pomegranate sycomore walnut Non-Fruit bearing Trees & Shrubs acacia balm of Gilead balsam bay laurel box broom, white cedar cypress ebony juniper maple, Syrian myrtle oak pine plane poplar, white tamarisk terebinth willow wormwood & poisonous plants Grains, Vegetables, Edible Plants and Herbs & Spices barley beans & legumes caper herbs & spices vegetables wheat Flowers narcissus (Rose of Sharon, lily of the valley) Plants with other uses fibers: cotton, flax, papyrus henna & dyes soap plant Perfume & Incense balm of Gilead balsam frankincense ladanum myrrh (possible identification) tragacanth Thorns & Thistles buckthorn burnet, spiny, also poterium thistle, golden and sow thorns |