The Botanical Bible

The Botanical Bible
Author: Sonya Patel Ellis
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781419732232

The Botanical Bible is an elegant and comprehensive introduction to the beauty, diversity, and value of the botanical world. Author Sonya Patel Ellis covers the evolution of the plant kingdom, the history of horticulture, basic botany, and more. Readers will learn not only how to garden and forage in six major climate zones but also how to make the most of their harvest through a series of recipes for savory dishes, sweets, and drinks. Ellis demonstrates how to use botanicals for beauty and health, with instructions for making essential oils, herbal remedies, floral scents, and natural cosmetics--and even explores the world of botanical artistry and crafts. Gorgeously illustrated throughout, and packed with information and hands-on projects, The Botanical Bible is the ultimate guide for aspiring gardeners, botanists, homesteaders, and anyone seeking a more meaningful relationship with nature.

The Botanical Bible

The Botanical Bible
Author: SONYA PATEL. ELLIS
Publisher: William Collins
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780008262273

Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh

Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh
Author: Lytton John Musselman
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604690194

This book celebrates the plants of the Old Testament and New Testament, including the Apocrypha, and of the Quran. From acacia, the wood of the tabernacle, to wormwood, whose bitter leaves cured intestinal worms, 81 fascinating chapters—covering every plant that has a true botanical counterpart—tell the stories of the fruits and grains, grasses and trees, flowers and fragrances of ancient lore. The descriptions include the plants' botanical characteristics, habitat, uses, and literary context. With evocative quotations and revelatory interpretations, this information is all the more critical today as the traditional agrarian societies that knew the plants intimately become urbanized. The unusually broad geographic range of this volume extends beyond Israel to encompass the Holy Land's biblical neighbors from southern Turkey to central Sudan and from Cyprus to the Iraq border. Richly illustrated with extensive color photography and with a foreword by the incomparable Garrison Keillor, this delightful ecumenical botany offers the welcome tonic of a deep look into an enduring, shared natural heritage.

The Plant Propagator's Bible

The Plant Propagator's Bible
Author: Miranda Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0760369798

The Plant Propagator's Bible offers all you need to know to propagate new plants from existing ones.

Consider the Lilies

Consider the Lilies
Author: John Barstow Paterson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Plants in the Bible
ISBN: 9780395888285

Presents botanical illustrations of familiar and exotic flowers, trees, and plants mentioned in the accompanying Bible verses and selections.

A Dictionary of Bible Plants

A Dictionary of Bible Plants
Author: Lytton John Musselman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2011-12-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780521110990

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. To aid readers, extensive references for further study are provided, along with an index to all verses containing references to these plants, which enables the reader to quickly locate the plant of interest in its textual setting.

Seeds of Transcendence

Seeds of Transcendence
Author: Jo Ann Gardner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2014-06-30
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780915474158

". . . and it was Evening and it was Morning, the Third Day." Why was this day different from all others according to the Bible? In the Book of Genesis we are told that every plant on earth, including trees, was created on that day. In this seminal study, Jo Ann Gardner shows how the ancient Israelites, the compilers of the Hebrew Bible, not only made practical use of native plants but studied them to reveal meanings that enabled them to better understand the Biblical text. From the forbidden fruit Adam and Eve ate, to the mandrakes Rachel pleaded with her sister to share with her, to the reeds used to protect Moses when he was set adrift as an infant, deeper insights are provided regarding their significance. Seeds of Transcendence has been designed to enable readers to develop a more profound appreciation of the most influential book ever written. Over 100 full-color photos. "One of the most erudite and fascinating books I have read in recent times" -- Blu Greenberg, author of On Women and Judaism

Healing Plants of the Bible

Healing Plants of the Bible
Author: Vincenzina Krymow
Publisher: Franciscan Media
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Botany, Medical
ISBN: 9780867164671

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these..." (Matthew 6:28-29). This unique and beautiful book offers information about the healing plants mentioned in hundreds of Bible verses, their scriptural context, their use in biblical times, present-day uses and their role in healing body, mind and soul. Healing Plants of the Bible: History, Lore and Meditations invites readers to consider not only the lilies of the field, but dozens of other flowers, herbs, trees and plants mentioned in the Bible. With lavish illustrations and exhaustive research, this volume details 38 of the plants most often appearing in Scripture, the lore behind their medicinal properties and meditations that focus on their ability to heal the spirit. An appendix offers scriptural and medicinal information on 40 additional plants.

Herbs of the Bible

Herbs of the Bible
Author: James A. Duke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Botany, Medical
ISBN: 9781883010669

This is an informative, detailed, and entertaining 2000-year journey that explores the history of over fifty herbs, from their popular uses today in health food, aromatherapy, and alternative medicine. The fifty Biblical plants discussed in this handsome volume are accompanied by beautiful botanical illustrations, quotes and stories form the Bible, a list of recommended readings and extensive resource directory.