Botany, Prophecy, and Theology
(Botany determines Jeremiah’s theology; August 2009)
August 17th, 2009 - Posted in Land of Israel, Nature in Biblical Metaphor | 7 Comments
Sabbatical potatoes
(Contemporary shmitah observance; March 2008)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 1 Comments
Timber for the tabernacle… Today
(Midrashic and botanical evidence of the source of the lumber used in building the mishkan; December 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 3 Comments
Ashkelon—Ancient Rome’s source for gourmet produce
(Ancient Israeli scallion and shallot exports; December 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 0 Comments
The US Postal Service and a Jerusalem impostor
(The sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke; August 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 0 Comments
How was your olive day? Tales and confusion of the white squill
(Identity and symbolism of ‘chatzav’; August 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 2 Comments
Rav Kook plants a tree
(On the religious significance of planting trees in Israel; March 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Environmental Conservation, Land of Israel | 1 Comments
Leket (gleaning)—An ancient commandment revived
(Gleaning and modern agricultural technology; March 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 0 Comments
