"The Rabbis Maintained that it was Flaxseed": The Identification and Interpretation of Unidentified Biblical Plants in Aggadic Homilies

The current study discusses proposals for identifying biblical vegetative terms in the literature of the midrash. The study follows the literary phenomenon of proposed identifications of general vegetative terms, such as "tree" (etz), "shrubs" (siḥim), or "fruit of the earth...

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Main Author: Shemesh, Avraham Ofir 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2019, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 156-168
Further subjects:B Cain and Abel
B siḥim
B akaviyot
B plants of the Bible
B horns and thistles
B identification of biblical plants
B Hagar and Ishmael
B aggadic homilies
B Midrash
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