{"id":85,"date":"2006-09-19T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-19T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2006-09-19T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-19T12:32:00","slug":"gum-acacia-and-dried-pomegranate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/19\/gum-acacia-and-dried-pomegranate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gum acacia and dried pomegranate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2004, we visited Neot Kedumim<\/a>, a “Biblical Landscape Reserve”. The stated purpose of Neot Kedumim is to “re-create the physical setting of the Bible in all its depth and detail. ” It was a very interesting place, not just growing the plants and products of Biblical Israel but often also showing how they were processed. Visitors could participate in demonstrations which showed, for instance, each of the steps in which wheat growing in the field was harvested, threshed, and ground into flour. The tools were often visually luscious.<\/p>\n

There a scribe was demonstrating how some of the materials produced were used to write scrolls. We each got a shot at writing with the homemade ink and reed pens on an interesting but unsized piece of paper. (Of course, our poor efforts couldn’t compete with the scribe’s samples, which he neglected to explain were written on real parchment using a quill, but what are you going to do? Showmanship, eh?) This photo shows the part of his table which features gum acacia and dried pomegranates most prominently. \"Posted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2004, we visited Neot Kedumim, a “Biblical Landscape Reserve”. The stated purpose of Neot Kedumim is to “re-create the physical setting of the Bible in all its depth and detail. ” It was a very interesting place, not just growing the plants and products of Biblical Israel but often also showing how they were … <\/p>\n

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