Ecology in the Bible
Nogah Hareuveni
1974
"You shall make a menorah . . . Six branches shall project from its sides . . . On one branch there shall be . . . cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals; so for all six branches" (Exodus 25:31–33)
The moriah plant, the menorah in nature.
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