. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. .-•^W^^E^-^' f f. THE MUSEUM OF BIBUCAL BOTANY AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM Hero th« specimens collected by Dr. Ha-R«ubeni are displayed. H« hat also complefod a monumenfal work. illustratod in color, based on his studies. This is to be published in Hebrew but ther« is th« hopa that publishers will also sae the possibilities of an English edifion FLOWERS OF THE BIBLE They grow today as they did in ancient times By PAULINE ROSENBERG ONE must
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. .-•^W^^E^-^' f f. THE MUSEUM OF BIBUCAL BOTANY AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM Hero th« specimens collected by Dr. Ha-R«ubeni are displayed. H« hat also complefod a monumenfal work. illustratod in color, based on his studies. This is to be published in Hebrew but ther« is th« hopa that publishers will also sae the possibilities of an English edifion FLOWERS OF THE BIBLE They grow today as they did in ancient times By PAULINE ROSENBERG ONE must Visit Palestine to realize how close the Bible is to Nature; how the land in all its chang- ing aspects—the animals, the birds, the trees, and the flowers of the Holy Land—are reflected in its pages. The Bible is füll of allusions to flowers and plants, but how much do they mean to the average reader? When he reads in the Song of Songs, "I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the Valleys," or, in the New Testament, "consider the liÜes of the field," do these lines call up any definite picture? And if so, is it a picture of flowers as they actually grow in Palestine ? How much more these lines would mean, if we could see the flowers referred to! Dr. Ephraim Ha-Reubeni, now Professor of Biblical Botany at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, decided many years ago to go to the fields and Valleys, the hill- sides and meadows of Palestine to find and identify the plants mentioned in the Bible. This was no small task. It required not only a thorough knowledge of botany, but a keen understanding of Hebrew philology, a true scientist's curiosity and patience, and a poet's enthusiasm and Imagination. In addition to all these gifts, Dr. Ha-Reubeni has a wife whose interest in the subject is as keen as his own, and who not only has shared the labor of collecting and analyzing, but who contributed a special talent that has made it possible to pass on to ot
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