TY - BOOK AU - Hepper, F. Nigel TI - Illustrated encyclopedia of Bible plants: flowers and trees, fruits and vegetables, ecology U1 - 220.8581/HEP PY - 1992/// CY - Leicester, UK : , Grand Rapids, MI : PB - Inter Varsity Press, Baker Book House KW - Plants in the Bible KW - Nature in the Bible KW - Botany KW - Palestine N1 - 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 ER -