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ROOKMAAKER, L. C. Encounters with the African rhinoceros. A chronological survey of bibliographical and iconographical sources on rhinoceroses in southern Africa from 1795 to 1875: reconstructing views on classification and changes in distribution . Schüling Verlag, Münster: 2008. Pp 148; illustrated. Price € 59.00 (softcover). ISBN 9783865230911.

ROOKMAAKER, L. C. Encounters with the African rhinoceros. A chronological survey of... BOOK REVIEWS MUSSELMAN, L. J. Figs, dates, laurel, and myrrh. Plants of the Bible and the Quran. Timber Press, Portland: 2007. Pp 336; illustrated. Price £ 20.00 (hardback). ISBN 978-0-88192-855-6. Few “books” can be better known than the Bible and the Quran. For centuries they have been memorized by innumerable individuals and recited in countless tongues. In the English-speaking world, phrases from the Bible are familiar even to those who have never opened a copy. There can be few who have not heard about “lilies of the field” or the “rose of Sharon”. Plant names like cedar, palm, frankincense, tares or hyssop are known to people who may have no knowledge of the plants to which they refer. Even olive, wheat and grape, the ancient staples of the Middle East, may be entirely unfamiliar except in a scriptural context. As Lytton John Musselman also points out, very few of the translators of the Bible, including the men who wrote some of the finest prose ever composed in the English language for King James’ “Authorized Version”, could have had “little firsthand knowledge of the plants of the Middle East”. So mistakes were inevitable as they attempted the impossible, to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Natural History Edinburgh University Press

ROOKMAAKER, L. C. Encounters with the African rhinoceros. A chronological survey of bibliographical and iconographical sources on rhinoceroses in southern Africa from 1795 to 1875: reconstructing views on classification and changes in distribution . Schüling Verlag, Münster: 2008. Pp 148; illustrated. Price € 59.00 (softcover). ISBN 9783865230911.

Archives of Natural History , Volume 35 (2): 375 – Oct 1, 2008

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Edinburgh University Press
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© The Society for the History of Natural History
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Book Reviews; Book Reviews
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0260-9541
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1755-6260
DOI
10.3366/E0260954108000569
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BOOK REVIEWS MUSSELMAN, L. J. Figs, dates, laurel, and myrrh. Plants of the Bible and the Quran. Timber Press, Portland: 2007. Pp 336; illustrated. Price £ 20.00 (hardback). ISBN 978-0-88192-855-6. Few “books” can be better known than the Bible and the Quran. For centuries they have been memorized by innumerable individuals and recited in countless tongues. In the English-speaking world, phrases from the Bible are familiar even to those who have never opened a copy. There can be few who have not heard about “lilies of the field” or the “rose of Sharon”. Plant names like cedar, palm, frankincense, tares or hyssop are known to people who may have no knowledge of the plants to which they refer. Even olive, wheat and grape, the ancient staples of the Middle East, may be entirely unfamiliar except in a scriptural context. As Lytton John Musselman also points out, very few of the translators of the Bible, including the men who wrote some of the finest prose ever composed in the English language for King James’ “Authorized Version”, could have had “little firsthand knowledge of the plants of the Middle East”. So mistakes were inevitable as they attempted the impossible, to

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Published: Oct 1, 2008

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