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John Hutton Balfour was a 19th century professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow and later at Edinburgh University. The Plants of the Bible condenses his and other scholars’ observations of Holy Land flora. Hart draws on his knowledge of biblical languages and Arabic as well his botanical expertise to describe Bible plants, emphasizing the characteristics to which the Bible refers. When...

pure and holy perfume was made after the art of the apothecary, which was offered every morning and evening on the altar of incense. In the Song of Solomon allusion is made to frankincense (3:6, 4:14). The word “incense” meaning frankincense is also often used in the Old Testament: “To what purpose cometh there to me incense [frankincense] from Sheba [Arabia], and the sweet cane [roosa] from a far country?” (Jer. 6:20.) “I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense