Hepper, F. Nigel

Illustrated encyclopedia of Bible plants : flowers and trees, fruits and vegetables, ecology / F. Nigel Hepper - Leicester, UK : Grand Rapids, MI : Inter Varsity Press ; Baker Book House, c1992. - 192 p. ; col. illus., col. maps ; hbk ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1 : Wild Plants in their habitiats.
1. The ecology of Bible lands --
2. Forest and thicket --
3. Thorns and thistles, fire and fuel --
4. Flowers of fields and hills --
5. The wilderness and its plants --
6. Reeds and willows. Part 2 : Cultivated and useful plants.
7. Tillers of the ground --
8. Wheat and barley --
9. Grapes and wine --
10. The olive tree and its oil --
11. Figs and sycomore trees --
12. Pomegranates, dates and other fruits --
13. Vegetables of Egypt and spicy herbs --
14. Fragrant Incense --
15. Leaves for healing --
16. Timber for the carpenter --
17. Flax, linen and dyes --
18. Baskets, mats and cords --
19. Papyrus, pen and ink --
20. Art, architecture and symbolism.


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Plants in the Bible.
Nature in the Bible.
Botany--Palestine.

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