The royal purple and the biblical blue
Subtitle: argaman and tekhelet : the study of Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Herzog on the dye industries in ancient Israel and recent scientific contributions
By: editor, Ehud Spanier ; technical editor, Moshe Ron ; editorial board, S.M. Edelstein ... [et al.].
Contributors: Spanier, Ehud.; Universitat Hefah. Merkaz le-limude-yam.; Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʼumi ṿeha-universiṭaʼi bi-Yerushalayim. Sidney M. Edelstein Collection.
Publisher: Keter
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Jerusalem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Antiquities.; Colors in the Bible.; Tekhelet (Dye); Purple.; Dye industry -- Palestine.
Other titles: Hebrew porphyrology.; Biblical blue.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Title on t.p. verso: Hebrew porphyrology.
At head of title: University of Haifa, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Centre for Maritime Studies [and] the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Jewish National and University Library, the Sidney M. Edelstein Collection.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (London, 1913) under title: Hebrew porphyrology.