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Article: Flora Biblia.(Features)(Homefront)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 11, 2001
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Byline: Judy Lowe Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
The Bible abounds with plant imagery and references, from the fig leaf in the story of Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:7) to Jesus' parable of the tares and the wheat (Matt. 13:24-30).
So it's natural that gardeners might consider creating a garden of plants mentioned in the Bible.
Unfortunately, it's not as simple as leafing through the Old and New Testaments, writing down the names of plants, and buying them, says the Rev. Marsh Hudson-Knapp, who, in 1984, first began to create a biblical garden at First Congregational Church in Fair Haven, Vt.
The reason? "Biblical translators ...