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Sacred bounty sacred land : the seven species of the land of Israel

Title
Sacred bounty sacred land : the seven species of the land of Israel / edited by Joan Goodnick Westenholz.
Publication
Jerusalem : Bible Lands Museum, [1998]

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Additional Authors
  • Westenholz, Joan Goodnick, 1943-2013.
  • Muzeʼon artsot ha-Miḳra (Jerusalem)
Description
220 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
Subject
  • Jerusalem / Bible Lands Museum
  • Botany > Israel > Exhibitions
  • Plants > Religious aspects > Exhibitions
  • Plants > Religious aspects > Judaism > Exhibitions
  • Plants in the Bible > Exhibitions
  • Plants > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Botany
  • Plants in the Bible
  • Plants > Religious aspects
  • Seven species (Jewish law)
  • Jewish art objects > Catalogs
  • Jewish art objects > Exhibitions
  • Israel
  • Frücht
  • Israel Altertum
  • Jerusalem <1998>
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum, April 5-Dec. 31, 1998.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 55).
Contents
Preface / Batya Borowski. -- Foreword / Joan Goodnick Westenholz. -- The Seven Species, the first fruits of the land / Joan Goodnick Westenholz. -- A land of wheat and barley the staff of life and the symbol of resurrection. -- Grapes, wine and vineyards symbols of serenity and paradise. -- The fig tree the tree of knowledge. -- Pomegranates symbols of love and marriage, fertility and life after death. -- The olive tree, its fruit and its oil symbols of light, sanctity and peace. -- Dates, honey and date-palms symbols of uprightness, righteousness and victory. -- The sacred tree, the tree of life. -- Catalogue of objects / Dean Shanson.
ISBN
  • 9657027020
  • 9789657027028
LCCN
2012370481
OCLC
  • ocm39776561
  • 39776561
  • SCSB-860772
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library