Healing Plants in the Bible
Medical Plants of the Bible
Healing Plants in the bible are often mentioned with some form of simple recipe, or an application for a particular condition. Debates about the accuracy of names as well as botanical variations in the locality of the biblical lands versus modern western equivalents can add to confusion of accurate listings.
Bible Journaling Notes:
Particular medicinal plants in the Bible used for Healing Plants in the Bible which are generally thought by most scholars to fall under the category of healing or medicinal plants
- Aloe / Aloe Vera
- Balm of Gilead
- Fig - Fig Tree in the Bible
- Grape / Wine made from Grapes
- Hyssop
- Olive
Bible verses about healing plants in the bible book collection
- -check King James Version Bible versus Ethiopian bible, are there more plants listed in certain translations than others ?
- are there Aramaic variances in plant type or just name type
- what are the more poetical named Hebrew styles and do they offer anything in addition to the commonly known names
Common names can vary from biblical names as well as folk cures and remedial names. Look at scholarly work on plants in Israel, biblical adjunct lands that had travel routes though Jerusalem etc . Compare with an alphabetical list of plants mentioned in the bible to healing plants in the bible to see if there is modern or ancient overlap . Are there plants that are definitely not medicinal and merely decorative, symbolic or metaphorical. What are the symbolic means of bible plants that have been passed down via either catholic uses or orthodox tradition.?
- Look at scientific name of bible plants, common name usage, the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek translational variants, look at the genus,
- look at habitat and distribution, particularly during 1st century A.D
- look at the Silk Road, possible trading plants
- look at seasonal variances , flowering times, fruiting times in relation to scripture and bible verse occurrence
- name, type. genus variances between Old Testament and New Testament
- research folk remedies versus biblically accurate healing medicinal properties
Bible Study Notes:
Healing Plants in the Bible
Definition Medicinal
- cure of a disease or wound
- having the property of healing , curing, mitigating disease
- medicine can symbolise the giving of God's grace
Definition Healing
- making whole or well
- restoring health
- instantaneous versus miraculous healing in the bible
- bringing about a state of physical health
- bringing about a state of spiritual health
- renewal of wholeness / wellbeing
Bible Journaling Notes
- Healing plants of the bible
- Medicinal plants of the bible
- Alphabetical lists of plants mentioned in the bible, regardless of healing properties
- How to plant a bible garden( scroll down for more ideas on planting biblical garden small scale , versus visiting larger bible gardens around the world - bucket list style)
- Find out where I might be able to visit seasonal bible plants for online bible study for women pictures locally and within Europe . Are there people who perhaps open the garden for the heritage open scheme ? Cathedral gardens ? Church contemplative prayer asks in monasteries ? Check for christian contemplative labyrinth gardens
Bible verses about growing plants
- look at specific mentions for growing conditions
- note types of soils according to region
- check different bible translations as to name variances, check the jewish Hebrew bible, versus the king James bible
How to grow a Bible Garden
Research notes of growing plants mentioned in the bible
- visit bible gardens locally
- see if there are biblical plants that have local equivalents and check the glasshouse exotic plants either in Kew garden or the RHS flagship garden which has a big glasshouse with a desert section at Wisley
- check cathedral herbal gardens and christian labyrinths for hedging plants and contemplative prayer walks that might feature stations of the cross or a medieval style herbal bible garden
- Process cedar of Lebanon photos from kew visit and return to find cedar cones in the autumnal season (do they produce fruit in autumn/fall ?
- start by growing fig, olive and grape vine , check for biblical variances and their suitability for western climate growing
- keep an observational bible study journaling notebook to record for online bible study for women site pictures
- create black and white bible clipart with a botanical / women bible study theme to add to bible journal pages
return from healing plants in the bible to main plants mentioned in the bible list
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