{"id":15586,"date":"2020-02-27T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T22:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=15586"},"modified":"2020-02-27T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T22:52:13","slug":"in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=15586","title":{"rendered":"In the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"\"$ Throughout the years I\u2019ve reviewed many books about plants; herbalism, growing them, trees, culinary herbs, and many more perspectives. However, recently I was approached about the opportunity to review a book about plants written from a unique perspective, the Bible. \u201cIn the Garden: An Illustrated Guide to the Plants of the Bible\u201d discusses trees and shrubs, edible plants, medicinal and aromatic plants, and flowers from the Old Testaments and New Testaments.<\/p>\n

Why the Bible? As it\u2019s pointed out in the introduction, \u201cThe Bible is full of metaphors that come from plant life: sowing, pruning, tending, reaping, and storing; seeds, stalks, fruit, chaff, and leaves.\u201d That, \u201cA study of the plants in the Bible also gives us an appreciation for the scope of the narrative of God\u2019s people in Scripture,\u201d and that, \u201ca careful study of the meaning of words in the Bible brings our imaginations into worship of our King.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, you don\u2019t practice a Judeo-Christian religion. Why bother with this book? Because it gives us, particularly those of us who love nature but aren\u2019t knowledgeable in Scripture a new perspective to many plants. Each plant outlined in the book has a corresponding piece of Scripture and history of the plant. At the end, there\u2019s even some ideas for growing your own Biblically inspired garden!<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Garden\u201d is 128 pages of beautiful full-color illustrations by Becky Speer in a slim hardcover format. This would make a lovely coffee table book and an excellent gift for anyone who is intrigued by plants.<\/p>\n

You can learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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