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Zohar Amar

Zohar Amar (born 1960) is a professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies at the religious-Zionist Bar-Ilan University,[1] whose research specialties are: natural history in ancient times; the identification of the flora of the Land of Israel and identification of the fauna of the Land of Israel according to descriptions in classical Jewish sources; the material culture and realia of daily life in the Middle Ages as reflected in agriculture and commerce; the history of medicine and ethno-pharmacology. His research integrates diverse fields of knowledge, including branches of natural science, history, archaeology, linguistics, and Judaic studies.

Notable research in recent years:[2] Documents from the Cairo Genizah as a source of information about medicine in the Middle East in medieval times; pigments in ancient textiles; the early papermaking industry; kermes oak coccid as the source of the Biblical scarlet dye; purple dye; the balsam plant; traditional medicinal drugs in the land of Israel; documentation of traditions regarding the kashrut of various animals.

  1. ^ Associate Professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) , http://halachicadventures.com/?p=376

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Zohar Amar (born 1960) is a professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies at the religious-Zionist Bar-Ilan University, whose research specialties...

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Soda rosmarinus

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alkaline substance)." Zohar Amar, Flora of the Bible, Jerusalem 2012, s.v. ברית, p. 216 OCLC 783455868 (in Hebrew); Zohar Amar, Flora and Fauna in Maimonides's...

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Modern Hebrew

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Sefer Arukh, s.v. ברדלס; Zohar Amar, Flora and Fauna in Maimonides' Teachings, Kefar Darom 2015, pp. 177–178; 228 Zohar Amar, Flora and Fauna in Maimonides'...

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Eight sheratzim

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140. According to Amar, thought to be Mustela subpalmata or Mustela nivalis, species that were once endemic to Israel. Zohar Amar, Shmona Shratzim, Mekhon...

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Saadia Gaon

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140. According to Amar, thought to be Mustela subpalmata or Mustela nivalis, species that were once endemic to Israel. Zohar Amar, Shmona Shratzim, Mekhon...

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Maror

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of Rabbi Nathan, President of the Academy, s.v. Mishnah Kila'im 1:2; Zohar Amar, Flora and Fauna in Maimonides' Teachings, Kefar Darom 2015, p. 77...

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Five species of grain

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Abraham I translated shifon into Judeo-Arabic as sāʾfeh (סאפה), which Zohar Amar claimed is synonymous with an archaic Arabic word for oat, dowsir (دوسر)...

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Seasoning

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PMID 23990910. Auguste Escoffier (1903), Le Guide culinaire, Editions Flammarion Zohar, Amar; Lev, Efraim (January 2013). "Trends in the Use of Perfumes and Incense...

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Hovlata

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rock-cut circles that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Professor Zohar Amar suggested that this is a unique press for making Heliston wine (the wine...

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Soap

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(3): 336–342 (341). doi:10.1086/348678. JSTOR 226942. S2CID 143632451. Zohar Amar, Flora of the Bible, Jerusalem 2012, s.v. ברית, p. 216 (note 34) OCLC 783455868...

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Horvat Sumaqa

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press and huts, possible industrial facilities have been discovered. Zohar Amar has proposed that a tannery and a textile dyeing industry at the site...

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Sefer Refuot

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from the book appear in a modern Hebrew edition by Suessman Muntner. Zohar Amar, Asaph's book of medicines : treatise on the properties of foodstuffs...

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Passover Seder plate

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of Rabbi Nathan, President of the Academy, s.v. Mishnah Kila'im 1:2; Zohar Amar, Flora and Fauna in Maimonides' Teachings, Kefar Darom 2015, p. 77...

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Pedanius Dioscorides

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Introduction to Dioscorides Materia Medica by TA Osbaldeston, year 2000. Zohar Amar, Agricultural Produce in the Land of Israel in the Middle Ages (Hebrew...

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Miki Zohar

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Makhlouf "Miki" Zohar (Hebrew: מַכְלוּף "מִיקִי" זוֹהַר, born 28 March 1980) is an Israeli politician. He currently serves as the Minister of Culture...

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Incense offering in rabbinic literature

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says that this spice is "produced on the ground" (Hebrew: גידולי קרקע), Zohar Amar argues that it was an animal product, implying that it was viewed by some...

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Calicotome spinosa

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Storax tree (Styrax officinalis), or what is called in Arabic al-mi'ah. Zohar Amar and Yaron Serri, The Land of Israel and Syria as Described by al-Tamimi...

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Revival of the Hebrew language

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word ribah for confiture (in Hebrew). Ha-Zvi, 9 March 1888. Professor Zohar Amar, of Bar-Ilan University The Wine of our ancestors in Ancient Times on...

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Bahurim

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Būrīs, or Wadīs by another account, to what it is today. According to Zohar Amar, the name can be traced back, etymologically, to its earlier Greek pronunciation...

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History of cannabis

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use of cannabis for ritualistic psychoactive use in Judah. According to Zohar Amar the fact that the Tel Arad altar was eventually closed down (apparently...

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List of plants in the Bible

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product consisting of its stigmas? Animals in the Bible Figs in the Bible Amar, Zohar; Iluz, David. "Balsam: the most expensive perfume plant in the ancient...

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Lichen

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on Sefer Midrash Rabbah, vol. 2, New York 1987, s.v. Ruth Rabba 6:3 Zohar Amar and Yaron Serri, The Land of Israel and Syria as Described by Al-Tamimi...

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Jo Amar

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artists such as Zohar Argov (who would cover one of Amar’s songs "Barcelona"), Eyal Golan, Ishai Levi and Oren Hen. Joseph (Jo) Amar was born in Settat...

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Usama ibn Munqidh

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era of the crusades." Medicine in Jerusalem throughout the Ages, ed. Zohar Amar et al. Tel Aviv: C. G. Foundation, 1999. Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades:...

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Nathan ben Abraham I

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relation to the true radish (Heb. צנון). Zohar Amar suggests that it may have actually been Brassica napus (see Amar, Z. (2015), p. 113). One is to bear in...

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Kosher locust

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grey, to reddish in colour when it reaches maturity. According to Prof. Zohar Amar, this was the only locust species for which the traditional identification...

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Joseph Molcho

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תודה) on the laws of shechita, first published in Thessaloniki in 1741 Zohar Amar. "כשרות הטווס" (in Hebrew). daat. "Dan Wyman Books, LLC". Archived from...

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Calicotome villosa

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Storax tree (Styrax officinalis), or what is called in Arabic al-mi'ah. Zohar Amar and Yaron Serri, The Land of Israel and Syria as Described by al-Tamimi...

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