Healing plants of the Bible : history, lore & meditations

by Vincenzina Krymow

Other authorsM. Jean Frisk (Meditations), A. Joseph Barrish (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 2002

Publication

Imprint: Cincinnati, Ohio : St. Anthony Messenger Press, c2002. Responsibility: Vincenzina Drymow ; illustrated by Joseph A Barrish ; meditation by Jean M. Frisk. OCLC Number: 802000214. Physical: 1 volume : 232 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Features: Includes bibliographic references, index, plant lists, gardens to visit list.

Call number

Garden / Krymo

Barcode

BK-07460

ISBN

0867164670 / 9780867164671

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Engaged Practices

CSS Library Notes

Description: This unique and beautiful book offers information about the healing plants mentioned in hundreds of Bible verses, their scriptural context, their use in biblical times, present-day uses and their role in healing body, mind and soul. Healing Plants of the Bible: History, Lore and Meditations invites readers to consider not only the lilies of the field, but dozens of other flowers, herbs, trees and plants mentioned in the Bible. With lavish illustrations and exhaustive research, this volume details 38 of the plants most often appearing in Scripture, the lore behind their medicinal properties and meditations that focus on their ability to heal the spirit. An appendix offers scriptural and medicinal information on 40 additional plants. -- from publisher

Contents:
Land of the Bible --
Ancient medicine and healing --
Healing plants and their histories --
Scripture gardens --
Appendix: More healing plants.

FY2017 /

Physical description

232 p.; 26 cm

Description

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these..." (Matthew 6:28-29). This unique and beautiful book offers information about the healing plants mentioned in hundreds of Bible verses, their scriptural context, their use in biblical times, present-day uses and their role in healing body, mind and soul. Healing Plants of the Bible: History, Lore and Meditations invites readers to consider not only the lilies of the field, but dozens of other flowers, herbs, trees and plants mentioned in the Bible. With lavish illustrations and exhaustive research, this volume details 38 of the plants most often appearing in Scripture, the lore behind their medicinal properties and meditations that focus on their ability to heal the spirit. An appendix offers scriptural and medicinal information on 40 additional plants.… (more)