Saplings of the balsam plant that have been cultivated in Kibbutz Ein Gedi's botanical garden for the past two years are a first test of the possibility of bringing the legendary bush, which flourished in the Second Temple period, back to the Dead Sea region, two scholars told a Jerusalem audience yesterday.
Sep 2, 2010
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The Balsam tree of Jericho is noted among ancient writers—Theophrastus, Strabo, Pliny—for its medicinal and highly agreeable aromatic qualities. The so-called ...
Sep 10, 2010 · Saplings of the balsam plant that have been cultivated in Kibbutz Ein Gedi's botanical garden for the past two years are a first test of the ...
Oct 22, 2021 · The Oldest Known Image of the Biblical Balsam Plant Discovered in Jerusalem ... According to the Talmud, balsam—a resin produced from the sap of a ...
Oct 21, 2021 · Authority jointly announced on Thursday. Known as 'balm of Gilead,' (tzari in Hebrew), balsam tree (nataf) or later in the Mishnaic period ' ...
May 2, 2013 · Balsam is a conifer, an evergreen, which would make good cover but also a tree which would not make much noise even when blown by the wind.