Title: Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh
Description: This book celebrates the plants of the Old Testament and New Testament, including the Apocrypha, and of the Quran. From acacia, the wood of the tabernacle, to wormwood, whose bitter leaves cured intestinal worms, 81 chapters tell the stories of the fruits and grains, grasses and trees, flowers and fragrances of ancient lore. The descriptions include the plants' botanical characteristics, habitat, uses, and literary context.--from publisher's description.
Subjects: Plants in the Bible, Plants in the Qurʼan, Nature, religious aspects, Nature in the bible, Plants, Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants, Edible Plants, Bible, Christianity, History, Islam, Judaism