flowers and trees, fruits and vegetables, ecology Hepper, F. Nigel creator text xxu Leicester, UK Grand Rapids, MI Inter Varsity Press Baker Book House c1992 monographic eng

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192 p. ; col. illus., col. maps ; hbk ; 27 cm. 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. F. Nigel Hepper Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Plants in the Bible Nature in the Bible Botany Palestine 220.8581/HEP NEMB 130129 20130919125617.0