Forschungsarbeit: Die Biblische Pflanzenwelt

Die Biblische Pflanzenwelt

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Schriften zur Kulturgeschichte, volume 43

Hamburg , 240 pages

ISBN 978-3-8300-9156-1 (print) |ISBN 978-3-339-09156-7 (eBook)

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[...] Die akribische Recherche und systematische Zusammenschau von mehr als 82 Pflanzen bzw. pflanzlichen Produkten wird durch Zeichnungen von Pflanzen, Samen und Früchten sowie zahlreicher altägyptischer und assyrischer Darstellungen illustriert.

[...] Zielpublikum sind interessierte Bibelleser aber auch Botaniker, die sich mit der Kulturgeschichte unserer Nutzpflanzen im Nahen Osten auseinandersetzen möchten. Auf diesem spannenden Forschungsfeld gibt es noch immer zahlreiche Rätsel zu lösen! [...] Alles in allem ist "Die biblische Pflanzenwelt" ein sehr lehrreiches und unterhaltsam geschriebenes Buch, das nun auch in deutscher Sprache vorliegt.



About this book deutschenglish

“Die Biblische Pflanzenwelt” brings to the German speaking audience an updated version of Dr. agro. Hans Arne Jensen’s Danish book “Bibelens Planteverden” (Rhodos 2004) and the English edition “Plant World of the Bible” (AuthorHouse, USA 2012).

The book is illustrated with 20 whole page color plates from the unique and rarely printed Vienna Dioscorides, based on illustrations from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD, and 117 black and white illustrations of plants, coins, and other plant decorations, of which several are from biblical times. The illustrations are unique and add substantially to our understanding of the use and appreciation of plants in the biblical time.

“Die Biblische Pflanzenwelt” provides information on all verses in the Bible with plant or plant products mentioned. Being a comprehensive concordance, it deviates from most other books on the subject. The articles are arranged alphabetically according to the German biblical plant name. Each entry gives also the current German and the botanical (Latin) plant names. The text includes the four main Bible translations used in German speaking areas: 1. Luther’s Bible translation, revised edition 1984. 2. „Gute Nachricht“ Bible, revised edition 1997. 3. Elberfelder Bible, revised edition 1992. 4. Einheitsübersetzung 1997.

With reference to the Hebrew plant names in the Old Testament and the Greek in the New Testament, it is discussed for each Bible plant how certain we know which plant species the text is dealing with. In several cases the plant identification is supported by plant names used in Arab or similar languages.

For each plant a botanical description is given, and, where relevant, the cultivation and use of the plant in ancient times.

New are the thorough references to archaeological dated finds of biblical plants in Israel and surrounding countries. On this point, the book is substantially more informative than other previous books on the subject.

The book has carefully been annotated by in total 168 literature references and approximately 760 index words. This detailed information furthers the use of the “Die Biblische Planzenwelt” among people with multiple fields of interests.

The book will appeal to laymen and pastors in both the protestant and catholic churches as well as to all those interested in biblical gardens. Due to its wide scope on Mediterranean and European cultural history it is also useful for those interested in botany, archaeology, history and botanical illustrations.

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