Holy Herbs: Modern Connections to Ancient Plants (Connecting science to the Bible)

Holy Herbs: Modern Connections To Ancient Plants is a great resource for those looking into cultivating an increased knowledge of plants and herbs. Written by Sudhir Ahluwalia, the book is both parts history book, encyclopedia and broad overview of various plants and herbs from across the globe. The real treasure of this book is how it can appeal to many people and their various topics.Personally, I enjoyed the chapter on “Sacred Trees” and loved the historical and cultural background of their various uses and treatments. Ahluwali clearly has a lifelong interest in this topic and it shows with how thorough he is with each herb, using photographs, diagrams, maps and drawings to show where each herb comes from and what it is. He outlines useful parts of each and explains their uses.Clearly, it is a must read for anyone with even a small knowledge or interest in various herbs. The relation he draws between various plants and their cultural and religious importance in Jewish, Islamic, and Christian faith traditions is also important since it contextualizes the various herbs in their respective regions. No one would be disappointed in giving this book a read.

Love this book and is very helpful in my studies and workshops.

Not what was expected. My bad. I thought it would explain and include some of the history of herbs pre dating Biblical times, from China, India, Persia, Egypt - and trade of these herbs between these really ancient civilisations. Most focus was on Biblical herbs and thier uses.

Good. The author combined a lot of info. At some points, it was like watching tiny movies showing how wars, trades, conquests helped exchange plants, culinary and medical cultures.

good

Excellent work. Nicely described every thing.

A historical guide to plants and herbs.Full of historical facts relating to uses for plants and herbs dating back to biblical times.

He provides a good knowledge of ancient herbs found in biblical writings. Very good pictures, history, and usage. Good book to have for backyard gardeners.

This books seems to be a copy paste books from other books. Ancient according to this book is Bible. Everyone one knows when its to comes to herbs, India and China are leading. Not much mention of those

no color photos ,different local names lacking, not many shrubs included over all a waste of money.....and no thanks as I have to collect all my parcels from courier local office or on designated road junctions...last 6 years two small parcels delivered to home....the reason is I pay in advace online...

Without color photo of it is waste of money , paper quality is poor , I am replacing the same, better to learn from Wikipedia. Even a street book stal sales such type of ayurvedic herbs book in 25 rs

I ordered this book with a lot of curiosity to know about the usage of many of the well known and popular herbs across different countries and regions since the ancient times. I must admit that I have not been disappointed. The book is full of interesting facts about a wide range of herbs which have continued to be in use for culinary, aromatic and healthcare purposes over more than 2000 years of history. Specific quotes from Biblical texts, about their usage, provides a unique historical perspective to the whole subject.Dr. Madhu

Images are of poor quality.