מאמרי פרופ’ זהר עמר

Prof. ZOHAR AMAR

Zohar Amar is associate professor at the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel. He served as head of this department in 2004-2005, 2008-2009. Director of the Unit on the History of Medicine, the Rivlin Institute for the Study of Eretz Israel and its Settlement, a joint project of Yad Ben-Zvi and  Bar-Ilan University (2002–2003). Member of the editorial board of  several scientific journals and author of many monographs and books. His fields of research and teaching especially include: history of science in ancient and pre-modern times (particularly in Jewish sources); agriculture (especially historically in the Land of Israel); botany in rabbinic sources; material culture and everyday life in the Middle Ages; the history of medicine and Ethnopharmacology. Generally these are multi-disciplinary studies involving cooperation with researchers in the fields of natural sickness, Arabic linguistics, history, and archaeology. Major research carried out in recent years includes: documents of the  Cairo Geniza as a source of knowledge about practical medicine in the Middle East  of medieval times; study of pigments in ancient textiles and ancient paper; the Kermes oak coccid as the source production of the scarlet pigment tola‘at shaní, traditional herbal remedies of the Ethiopian Jews, and documentation of the kashrut traditions relating to various animals in Jewish communities around the world.

List of Publications

Books and Pamphlets

1. 1. Legends and Tales of Plants in the Botanical-Ecological Park, published by the Society for the Protection of Nature, Tel-Aviv 1987.
2. 2. Foodstuffs and Industrial Products Grown in the Land of Israel during the Middle Ages, Jerusalem 1996.
3. 3. A Historical Survey of Medicinal Substances in the al-Sham Region during the Middle Ages (640-1517 CE), Tel-Aviv 1999 (with E. Lev).
4. 4. Agricultural Products in the Land of Israel in the Middle Ages, Jerusalem 2000.
5. 5. Physicians, Drug, and Remedies in Jerusalem from the 10th-18th Centuries, Tel-Aviv 2000 (with E. Lev).
6. 6. Maimonides’ Regimen Sanitiatis: Commentary of R. Jacob Zahalon on Hilchot Deot – Chapter Four, Neve-Tzuf  2001.
7. 7. The Book of Incense, Tel-Aviv 2002.
8. 8. Ethnic Medicinal Substances of the Land of Israel, Jerusalem 2002 (with E. Lev).
9. 9. The History of Medicine in Jerusalem, Archaeopress, Oxford 2002. (English)
10. 10. Bamme Madlikin, Tel-Aviv 2003 (with A. Shwiky).
11. 11. P’ri Megaddim by Rabbi David de Silva, Physician of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 2003.
12. 12. The Tradition of Fowl in Jewish Halacha, Tel Aviv 2004.
13. 13. The Land of Israel and Syria as Described by al-Tamimi: Jerusalem Physician of the 10th Century, Ramat-Gan 2004 (with Y. Serri).
14. 14. The Locust in Jewish Tradition, Ramat-Gan 2004.
15. 15. Sori ha-Guf by R. Nathan ben Yoel Falaquera (Edited & Commented with Y. Buchman, Tel- Aviv 2004.
16. 16. Rabbi Yosef Kafih’s Notebook on the Plants of the Mishna, Tel Aviv 2005.
17. 17. Practical Medicine of  Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1543-1620), Jerusalem 2006 (with Y. Buchman).

18.  Tracking the Scarlet Dye of the Holy Land, Jerusalem 2007.

. 19Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean According to the Cairo Genizah ) With Efraim Lev), Brill & Sir Henry Wellcome Series, 7, Leiden 2008 (677 pp.)

20. Merorim – Bitter Herbs, Tel Aviv 2008.

21. The Four Species Anthology, Tel Aviv 2009

Articles  (in Hebrew)

1. 1. “The wondrous rocks of Mount Sinai”, Cathedra, 52 (1989) , pp. 181-182.

2. “Notes on flora and agriculture in Mamluk Palestine”, in:
Palestine in the Mamluk Period (J. Drory ed.) , Jerusalem 1992, pp. 200-236.

3. “Tanner’s sumac in ancient times”, Israel – People and Land, 7-8 (1990-1993) , pp. 191-198.

4. “On expiatory sacrifices of vegetation and baskets of dates”, Halamish, 8/34 (1993), pp. 33-35.

5. “Freidrich Hasselquist: One of the first researchers of Biblical nature”, Beit-Mikra , 134  (1993) , pp. 245-247.

6. “Accounts of the natural scenery in Judea and Samaria in the medieval period”, Shomron U’Binyamin, III, (Z.H. Erlich ed.) College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel 1993, pp. 110-124.

7. Written accounts of the agricultural products in Samaria in the Middle Ages”, Shomron U’Binyamin, III, (Z.H.  Erlich ed.) College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel 1993, pp. 43-54.

8. “Estori ha-Parchi and the Flora of the Land of Israel”, Sinai, 112  (1993), pp. 263-272.

9. “Estori ha-Parchi and the identification of the flora of the Land of Israel”, Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies, B/ I , Jerusalem 1994, pp. 133-140.

10. “A proposal for identifying ‘butz’”, Sinai, 114 (1994) , pp. 152-160.

11. “Abu al-‘abas al-Nabati – Andalusian herbalist in the Land of Israel in the  Ayyubid  Period”, Ariel, 100-101 (1994), pp. 235-239.

12. “Tanner’s  sumach in ancient times”, Sinai, 114  (1994), pp. 131-143.

13. “Grape cultivation and wine production in Judea and Samaria during the Middle Ages”, in: Judea and Samaria Research Studies, IV, Kedumim-Ariel 1995, pp. 247-261.

14. “Ibn al-Baytar and the study of the plants of al-Sham”, Cathedra, 76  (1995), pp. 49-76.

15. “The use of Cassia Fistula in the Land of Israel and Syria during the Middle Ages”, Korot , 11 (1995) , pp. 56-64.

16. “Freidrich Hasselquist – Pioneer of scientific-botanical research in the Land of Israel”, Ariel, 105-106 (1995), pp. 114-120.

17. “Realia-based Commentary on the Flora of the Land of Israel in Medieval Commentary”, Sinai, 116 (1995), pp. 86-96.

18. “The relation between the Galilee and the Golan in the Roman-Byzantine Period and in the early Middle Ages”, Sinai, 116 (1995), pp. 184-186 (with M. Erlich).

19. “Alhagi and the holidays”, Sinai, 116 (1995), pp. 284-288.

20. “Dibs in the Land of Israel during the Middle Ages”, in: Judea and Samaria Research Studies, V, Kedumim-Ariel  1996, pp. 241-248.

21. “The seeds of the pomegranate”, ”, ‘Al-’Atar ,1 (1996), pp. 53-56.

22. “Barley as reality and symbol in the Book of Ruth”, ‘Al-’Atar, II (1996), pp. 43-47.

23. “Traditions and realia in the writing of a tenth-century physician in Jerusalem” , Cathedra, 81 (1996) , pp. 23-34.

24. “Agricultural products and industrial plants in the Land of Israel during the Middle Ages”, Ariel, 112-113 (1996), pp. 46-70.

25. “Agronomic innovations as reflected in the commentary on sacred books and Jewish law in the Middle Ages”, BDD, 3 (1996), pp. 87-97.

26. “The Temple Incense according to Rabbi Sa’adia Gaon”, Sinai, 118 (1996), pp. 129-139.

27. “The worship of trees near the graves of  saints in Jewish and Moslem tradition”, Ariel, 117-118 (1997), pp. 155-162.

28. “The relation of man to the Flora and Agriculture of the Land of Israel in Medieval times”, in: Hikrei Eretz (Studies in the History of the Land of Israel dedicated to Prof. Yehuda Feliks),Y. Friedman,  Z. Safrai, and J. Schwartz, ed), Ramat- Gan 1997, pp. 167-178.

29. “Agricultural products in the Jordan Valley in the Middle Ages”, The Village in Ancient Israel (S. Dar and Z. Safrai, eds), Tel Aviv 1997, pp. 297-326.

30. “Bringing the meal offering and shew-bread  from the Lod Valley – towards an identification of Zerifin and Ein Sukkar”, in: Mehkerei Yehuda V’Shomron – Proceedings of the Sixth Conference Ariel – Kedumim 1997, pp. 179-189. (in collaboration with Avi Sasson)

31. “The Balsam wood  (עץ האפרסמון)in the Temple incense”, Tehumin, 17 (1997), pp. 473-479.

32. “Hashish and Hashshashin in the Land of Israel and Syria in the Middle Ages”, Ariel, 120 (1997), pp. 277-282.

33. “Medicinal substances and their use in the Land of Israel and Syria in the Middle Ages (the seventh to sixteenth centuries)”, Et Hada’at, I (1997), pp. 112-115. (In cooperation with E. Lev)

34. “R. Sa’adia Gaon’s view of the ‘S’dom salt’ as a constituent of the incense”, BDD, 5 (1997), pp. 101-110.

35. “Wheat as the ‘tree of knowledge’ – rationale for identification”, Sinai, 102 (1997), pp. 108-111.

36. “The export of theriac from the Land of Israel and its uses in the Middle Ages”, Korot, 12 (1996-1997), pp. 16-28.

37. “The preservation of sacred healing sites in Jerusalem”, in: Mehkerei Yehuda V’Shomron – Proceedings of the Seventh Conference 1997, Kedumim-Ariel, pp. 207-222.

38. “Treading installations at Khirbet Hablata (Hallamish), ‘Atiqot, 32  (1998), pp. 205-207. (in cooperation with D. Sion)

39. “Onycha-clove”, ‘Al-’Atar, III (1998), pp. 31-37.

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41. “Identifying the Biblical flora in light of the Koran interpretation”, Beit Mikra, 152 (1998), pp. 67-77.

42. “The revolution in textiles in Eretz Israel and Syria in the Middle Ages”, Cathedra, 87 (1998), pp. 37-60.

43. “The kashrut of the Locust”, Tehumin, 19 (1999), pp. 283-299. (in collaboration with H. Seri)

44. “Changes in the economy of the residents of the Hula Valley and environs in the Middle Ages”, in: Yad L’Yair, Eretz Israel – Studies in Science, Environment, and Geography of Israel in Memory of Yair Bashan (M. Livne and R. Yehezkeli eds.), Society for the Protection of Nature, 1999, pp. 146-151.

45. “Medicine in Jerusalem during the Ayyubid Period”, Harefuah, 136 (1999), pp. 742-746.

46. “Sugar loaves and sugar glaze”,  Et-Mol, 24 (no. 145) 1999, pp. 21-23.

47. “Jewish physicians of Jerusalem in the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries”, in: Medicine in Jerusalem throughout the Ages (Z. Amar, E. Lev, and J. Schwartz eds.), Tel Aviv 1999, pp. 79-98.

48. “Agricultural products in the Lachish relief”, Beit Mikra, 159 (1999), pp. 350-356.

49. “Milkweed fabrics in ancient times”, Et Hada’at, 3 (1999), pp. 121-130. (with T. Friedman).

50. “Sunplants in ancient sources”, Leshonenu La’am, 50 (1999), pp. 147-148.

51. “Vinegar and grape as means of fire-extinguishing – a phenomenon awaiting explanation”, ‘Al-’Atar, 6 (2000), pp. 33-40.

52. “The virtues of the carob and how it was distributed in the land of Israel as reflected in Jewish medieval sources”, ‘Al-’Atar, 6 (2000), pp. 155-157.

53. “The traditional materia medica in Jerusalem according to Titus Tobler”, Harefuah, 138 (2000), pp. 604-607.

54. “Medicinal Materials from Syria according to al-Musta’ini”, Studies in Arabic and Islamic Culture, I (B. Abrahamov ed.), Tel-Aviv 2000, pp. 61-77 (with Y. Serry).

55. “Quarrying in the Dead Sea region in the tenth century according to al-Tamimi”, Ariel, 143-144 (2000), pp. 91-98 (with Y. Serry).

56. “The paper industry in  al-Sham in the Middle Ages”,  Cathedra, 98 (2000), pp. 73-96.

57. “Theory and practice in an essay by R. Hayyim Vital”, Sinai, 125 (2000), pp. 202-215 (with Yael Buchman).

58. “The identification of ‘winged swarming creatures’”. BDD, 11 (2000), pp. 5-22.

59. “Among the  spice trees by Yehuda Feliks; a review ”,  Leshonenu, 63 (2000-2001), pp. 151-153.

60. “A custom of moistening grain in the preparation of matzot according to Yemenite tradition”, Tema, 7 (2001), pp. 177-186.

61. “Several principles in the theory of  R. Yosef Kafih in identifying plants and realia”, in: Rabbi Yosef Kafih Memorial Volume (Z. Amar and H. Seri eds), Ramat-Gan 2001, pp. 68-73.

62. Kashrut indicators of the locust in the light of late Midrash”, ‘Al-‘Atar , 8-9 (2001), pp. 99-106.

63. “The peony and the remedy for epilepsy in ancient times”, Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore, 21 (2001), pp. 147-162.

64. “Like snow in summer; A luxury product in the land of Israel and Syria”, Cathedra, 102 (2001), pp. 51-62.

65. “Ibn Biklarish, one of  Spain’s eminent physicians”, Korot, 15 (2001) pp. 79-81 (with Y. Serry).

66. “Compilation from Jonah Ibn Ganah’s Dictionary of Medical Terms”, Leshonenu, 63 (2000-2001), pp. 279-291 (with Y. Serry).

67. “Sacrifice offering of birds – a realia-based commentary on essential laws”, Ma’alin Ba’Kodesh, 4 (2002), pp. 117-144.

68. The controversy over the kashrut of the stork (Ciconia) in the Middle Ages, Sinai, 128 (2002), pp. 135-146.

69. “ ‘Bat’ in the meaning of ‘beitza’ (note), Leshonenu, 30, 64 (2002), p. 343.

70. “Shiluah ha’ken – driving the mother bird from the nest  – an ecological commandment”,  Tehumin, 22 (2002), pp. 531-536.

71. “The kashrut of the peacock”, Shana Be’shana, 43 (2002), pp. 531-536.

72. “Agricultural crops in the Ashkelon region during the Middle Ages”, in: Ashkelon: Bride of the South (A. Sasson, Z. Safrai, N. Sagiv  eds.), Tel Aviv 2002,  31-48.

73. “A letter concerning theriac from Ashkelon”, in Ashkelon: Bride of the South (A. Sasson, Z. Safrai, N. Sagiv  eds.), Tel Aviv 2002, pp. 49-58. (with Y. Seri).

74. “The saver of lives from Jerusalem”, Et-mol, 28/2 (2002), pp. 11-13.

75. “The discovery of the ‘Tola’at ha-Shani’”, in New Studies on Jerusalem, 8 (2002), pp. 133-140

76. “The Colocynth (Cirullus colocynthis) in the economy of the city of Gaza in modern times”, Korot, 16 (2002), pp. 103-119.

77. “The Kashrut of the Turkey”, BDD, 13 (2003), pp. 69-89.

78. “The project of preserving the tradition for identifying animals as kosher”, Ha-Ma’ayan, 42/3 (2003), pp. 36-40 (in cooperation with A. Zivotofsky).

79. “Proliferation of worms in lettuce: Modern man’s affliction”, Tzohar, 13 (Winter 2003), pp. 113-117.

80. “Eating sparrows according to the Yemenite Jewish tradition”, Ofikim, 123-124 (2003), pp. 51-52.

81. “The kashrut of the giraffe – a post mortem report”, Tehumin, 23 (2003), pp. 491-499 (in cooperation with Ari Zivotofsky and Danny Zivotofsky).

82. “The kashrut of the Guinea-fowl”, Tehumin, 23 (2003), pp. 500-508.

83. “The Ostrich in Jewish sources”, Al Atar, 12 (2003), pp. 29-46.

84. “In wake of the Halachic banquet”, Al Atar, 12 (2003), pp. 109-112.

85. “The tradition regarding kosher fowl in the Jewish communities of Italy”, Sinai, 132 (2003), pp. 133-144.

86. “The ancient trade in incense, perfume, and spices”, The Nabateans in the Negev(R. Rosenthal-Heginbottom ed.), Haifa 2003, pp. 61-66.

87. “The kashrut of the Muscovy Duck and the Mullard”,  Ha-Ma’ayan, 44/A (2004), pp. 35-42 (in cooperation with A. Zivotofsky).

88. “Embalming in Jewish sources”, Assia, 74-75 (2004), pp. 32-36.

89. “The latrine in the Land of Israel in the Roman-Byzantine Period”, Jerusalem & Eretz-Israel, 2 (2004), pp. 27-50 (in cooperation with A. Baruch).

90. “The meaning of ‘shechin’ [=boils] in rabbinic language”,  Assia , 74-75  (2004), pp. 65-69.

91. “The miracle of the quails and the issue of their kashrut”, Tehudat Kashrut, 26 (2003-2004), pp. 13-20.

92. “Plants of Yemen in the writings of Rabbi Yosef Kafih in: Nutrition and Popular Remedy – Yemenite Tradition(Z. Madar and Y.Raiany eds.) Tel-Aviv 2004, pp. 157-168.

93. “Materia Medica  used by Yemenite Jews”, in: Nutrition and Popular Remedy – Yemenite Tradition(Z. Madar and Y.Raiany ed.) Tel-Aviv 2004, pp. 169-188.

94. “Comrades in medicine; Medicine as a bridge between Franciscans and Jews in Ottoman Jerusalem”, Et-mol, 29, 2 (2005), pp. 22-23.

95. “The kashrut of the yak”, Tehudat Kashrut, 27 (2004), pp. 17-18.

96. “The eating of locusts; Preserving traces of Talmudic culture among Yemenite Jewry”, Ateret Yitzhak (Y. Toubi, ed.), Netanya 2004, pp. 177-196.

97. “Cock fights”, Et-mol, 30, 2 (2005), pp. 20-22.

98. “The cows of our land”, Et-mol, 30, 3 (2005), pp. 4-7.

99. “Locusts swarming – Locust damage and extermination in Eretz-Yisrael and the region in the past and present”, Ariel, 168 (2005), pp. 26-43.

100. “The liberator of agunot [=abandoned wives] from Damascus”, Et-mol, 30, 4 (2005), pp. 16-19.

101. “Towards an identification of the shabut fish , Ha-Ma’ayan, 45/3 (2005), pp. 41-46 (with A. Zivtofsky).

102. “Medical aspects in Maimonides’ ‘Introduction sections to the Mishnah ; From Maimonides’ early years as a physician”, Maimonides Collection, on the eight hundredth anniversary of his death (Y.A. Movshovitz) , Jerusalem 2005, pp. 428-439.

103. “Tracing the locust”, Tehudat Kashrut, 32 (2005), pp. 35-38.

104. “Blessing recited over the injira bread made with teff flour”, Tehumin, 25 (2005), 328-333.

105. “Traces of Hebrew language traditions in al-Idrisi’s medical dictionary”, Leshonenu, 67 (2005), pp. 179-194 (in cooperation with Y. Serri).

106. “When did the water buffalo make its appearance in Eretz Israel?”, Cathedra, 117 (2005), pp. 63-70 (in cooperation with Y. Serri)

107. “Tree Wormwood(Artemisia arborescens) – a medicinal plant which arrived in the region of Israel Western Europe during the Crusades?”, Forest, 7 (2005), pp. 35-40. (With N. Dudai).

108. “Use of the cultivated poppy in the Land of Israel and the surrounding region up to the era”, in: Forbidden Fields: The Poppy and Opium from Ancient Times until Today(E. Ayalon and C. Sorek ed.), Tel Aviv 2006, pp. 108 – 121.

109. “When did the exceptional devotion to ritual purity in Israel begin and end?”, BDD, 17 (2006), pp. 7-27.

110. “Plant life in Maimonides’ Sefer Ha-mada” in Maimonides, Mishneh Torah (Y. Makbili Ed.) I, Haifa 2006, pp. 310-313;  “Plant life in Maimonides’ Sefer Ahava” in Mishneh Torah (Y. Makbili Ed.) II, Haifa 2007, pp. 308-312; “Plant life in Maimonides’ Sefer Zemanim” in Mishneh Torah(Y. Makbili Ed.) III, Haifa 2009, pp. 299- 306

111. “The Irusas an Iris“, ‘Al ‘Atar, 13-14 (2006), pp. 221-229.

112. “Cocus lacca in Jewish sources”, Ha-ma’ayan, 47, I (2006), pp. 35-40.

113. “Growing areas of the afarsimon (Balm of Gilead) in light of the Medba Map”, Siah Sadeh , 4 (2007), Internet journal.

114. “Treating epilepsy in ancient times”, Kol Ha-zemahim, 6 (2007), pp. 34-35.

115. “The kashrut of the buffalo”, Tehumin,  27 (2007), pp. 379-387. (With A.Z. Zivotofsky).

116. “The Arava: A scientific identification and halachic tradition”, Hama’ayan, 48/1 (2007), pp. 49-57.

117. “This ‘red, red stuff’”, Eretz V’Teva, (2007), pp. 48-54.

118. “Yehudah Feliks (1922-2005), Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 17 (2007), pp. 1-3.

119. “The Meaning and Function of the Perforated Sarcophagi and Ossuaries Found in Jerusalem and its Surroundings”, Eretz-Israel, 28 (2007), pp. 159-164 (With B. Zissu).

120. “Etrogim, grafted and hybridized”, Emunat Itecha, 72 (Tishrei 2007), pp. 36-43.

121. “Five species of Marror according to the view of the Rambam”, Hama’yan, 48/3 (2008), pp. 108 – 116.

122. “An editor’s considerations: Response to Dror Fixler”, Mesora L’Yosef(Y. Farhi, ed.), V, Netanya (2008), pp. 300-302.

123. “On the leaves of the summach which are evergreen”, Emunat Itecha, (2008), pp. 31-33 (with M. Zarum).

124. “Flora and agriculture as a realia motif in the piyyutim of Eretz Yisrael”, Piyyut in Tradition, 4 (2008), pp. 85-101.

125. “Healers and physicians in Ottoman Israel”, East and Maghreb, 8 (2008), pp. 7- 19 (with Y. Buchman).

126. “ A glimpse into the world of physicians and healers in Ottoman Israel”, Galileo, 118 (2008), pp. 60-67 (with Y. Buchman).

127. “Balsam and its laws”, Tehumin, 28 (2008), pp. 368-372.

128. “Adding hadassim”, Sinai, 139 (2008), pp. 66-72.

129. “Toward an identification of Shipon”, BDD, 20 (2008), pp. 67-84.

130. “Ethiopia in Israel – an ethnopharmacological study of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel”, Harefuah, 147 (2008), pp. 597-601 (With D. Danino).

131. “Between Ethiopian Medicine and Yemen”, Tehuda, 25 (2008), pp. 68 – 73.

132. “Invitation to a circumcision ceremony, Yemeinite-style”, Mesorah Le’yosef, 6 (Y. Parhi, ed.), Netanya 2009, pp. 289-294.

133. “The Contribution of Arabic Sources to the Identification of Types of Plums in Ancient Israel”, Leshonenu, 71 (2009), pp. 233-235.

134. “Curdling of Milk as a Criterion for Determining Kashrut of Animals in the Bible”, BDD, 21 (2009), PP. 75 – 94. (With U. Merin & D. Iluz).

135. “Towards Identifying the Ayal, the Zviand the Yahmur“, ‘Al ‘Atar, 15 (2009), pp 7-20

136. ”The Kashrut  of the ‘Ayal [Deer] and the Zvi [Gazelle]”, Tehumin(5769), pp. 162-172 (with  A. Zivotofsky (

137. “The Industrial facility at ‘En-Boqeq: an Indigo Production Plant ?”, in: Judea and Samaria Research Studies, 18 (2009), pp. 223-330 (With D. Iluz).

138. “The Phenomenon of Sacred Trees among the  Jews in the Galilee”, in: Mehkarei Galil(Z. Safrai, ed.), Ramat-Gan, 2009, pp. 135-139. (with Efrain Gil- ‘Ad).

139. “Identification of Kosher Species Animals in the Light of Archaeozoological Research”, Cathedra, 132 (2009), pp. 33-54 (With R. Bouchnick and G. Bar-Oz)

Articles (in English)

140. “Medicinal substances in the Land of Israel in the time of the Bible, the Mishnah, and the Talmud in light of written sources, in: Illness and Healing in Ancient Times, University of Haifa, (1996), pp. 52-61.

141. “Milkweed – Fibers to fabric”, Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot, 28 (1997), pp. 43-45. (with Toni Friedman).
This article was also published in Archaeological Textiles Newsletter, 24 (1997), pp. 43-46.

142. “Gold production in the ‘Arabah Valley in the tenth century”, IEJ, 47 (1997), pp. 100-103.

143. “The production of salt and sulphur from the Dead Sea Region in the tenth century according to al-Tamimi”, PEQ, 130 (1998), pp. 3-7.

144. “The ash and the red material from Qumran”, Dead Sea Discoveries, 5 (1998), pp. 1-15.

145. “Written sources regarding the Jazirat Fara’un (Coral Island) textiles”, ‘Atiqot, 36 (1998), pp. 114-119.

146. “Tradition, uses, and biodiversity of rocket (Eruca sativa Brassicaceae) in Israel”,  Economic Botany, 52 (1998), pp. 394-400. (with Z. Yaniv and  D. Schafferman)

147. “The choice produce of the land according to Sa’adia Gaon”, in: Proceedings of the Twelfth World Congress of Jewish Studies (Division A), Jerusalem 1999, pp. 269-277.

148. Agricultural realia in light of the Lachish Relief”, Ugarit-Forschungen, 31 (1999), pp. 1-11.

149. “The Lord’s Field”: Galgala, Jericho, and Jerusalem and the polemics of the Byzantine period”, Jerusalem and Eretz Israel (J. Schwartz, Z. Amar, and I. Ziffer, Eds.), Ramat-Gan Tel-Aviv 2000, pp. 77-88. (with J. Schwartz)

150. “Ethnopharmacological survey of traditional drugs sold in Israel at the end of the 20th century”, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 72 (2000), pp. 191-205 (with Efraim Lev).

151. “The history of the paper industry  in al-Sham in the Middle Ages” in: Towns and Material Culture in the Medieval Middle East (Y. Lev, Ed.). Leiden-Boston-Koln 2002, pp. 119-133.

152. “Ethnopharmacological survey of traditional drugs sold in Jordan”, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 82 (2002), pp. 131-145 (with Efraim Lev).

153. “The eating of locusts in Jewish Tradition after the Talmudic Period”, Torah u-Madda Journal, 11 (2002), pp. 186-202

154. “Transformations in the Agriculture of al-Sham during the Mamluk period (1250-1517  CE)”, The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel (A. M. Maeir, S. Dar & Z. Safrai ed.), Oxford  2003, pp.  149-158

155. ‘The Halachic tale of three American birds: Turkey, Prairie Chicken, and Muscovy Duck”, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, 46 (2003), pp. 81-103 (with A. Zivotofsky).

156. “The eating of  locusts in Jewish tradition after the Talmudic Period”,  The Torah u-Madda Journal, 11 (2002-2003), pp. 186-202

157. “Giraffe: A Halakhically-oriented dissection”, The Torah u-Madda Journal, 11 (2002-2003),  pp. 203-221 (With A.Z. Zivotofsky & D.  Zivotofsky).

158. “Ibn al-Suri, physician and botanist of al-Sham”, PEQ, 135/2 (2003), pp . 124-130 (This article was also published in: Jerusalem and Eretz-Israel, 4-5 (2007), pp. 219-233

159. “The turning point from an Archaic Arab medical system to an early modern European system in Jerusalem according to the Swiss physician Titus Tobler (1806-1877),  Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, 21 (2004), pp,  159-182  (With E. Lev).

160. “The Jerusalem Balsam: From the Franciscan Monastery in the old city of Jerusalem to Martindale 33”,Journal of  Ethnopharmacology, 101 (2005), pp. 16-26. (With A. Moussaieff, E. Fride, E. Lev, D. Steinberg, R. Gallily & R. Mechoulam.

161. “The scarlet dye of the Holy Land, BioScience,55 (2005), pp. 780-783 (With H. Gottlieb, L. Varshavsky & D. Iluz).

162. “An early glimpse at Western medicine in Jerusalem 1700-1840: The case of the Jews and the Franciscans’ medical activity”, Vesalius,11 (2005), pp. 81-87. (With E. Lev).

163. “Cereal beer (Sheikhar) in Jewish sources”, Viennese  Ethnomedicine Newsletter, 8 (2005), pp. 3-7 (With E. Lev & Z. Yaniv).

164. “Identifying the ancient Shibuta”, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 75 (2006), pp. 361-363.  (With A.Z. Zivotofsky & D. Zivotofsky).

165. “Fishy Tale: Identifying the Talmudic Shibuta”, The Jewish Observer, 39 (2006), pp.  31-35.

166. “Reconstruction of the inventory of materia medica used by members of the Jewish community of medieval Cairo according to prescriptions found in the Taylor-Schechter Genizah collection, Cambridge”, Journal of Ethnoparmacology, 108 (2006), pp. 428 – 444 (With E. Lev).

167. “Rabbi David de-Silva, Jerusalem physician of the eighteenth century”, Revue des Etudes juives, 165 (2006), pp. 457-483.

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