Title

Ancient Judean Dates

Description

A date tree planted in Ketura, Israel from 2000 year old seeds found at an archeological site in the Judean wilderness has finally bore fruit earlier this month (September 2020). The harvest was hailed a modern miracle of science. “In these troubled times of climate change, pollution and species dying out at alarming rates, to bring something back to life from dormancy is so symbolic,”... Date palms were praised in the Bible and the Quran, and became symbols of beauty, precious shade and succulent plenty.

link to article

Date

September 7, 2020

Article Type

News Article

Spatial Coverage

Israel

Denomination

Judaism

Audience

All audiences/General public

Environmental Organization

Arava Institute

list of authors

Isabel Kershner

Issues

english Farms, Food, Gardens

english Mindfulness & Simplicity

english Hope