. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. THE ROSE OF SHARON IS NOT A ROSE It is, instead, Tulipa tnontana, a tulip wifh a showy, deep red flower wifh black center flower of showy size and color, red or purpIe, perhaps, like the royal robes of Solomon. Dr. Ha-Reubeni thought this was a mistake, since the words of Jesus, *'And yet I say unto you," would seem to indicate that he was referring to some more modest flower, whose beauty was not so apparent but must be pointed out to his liste
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. THE ROSE OF SHARON IS NOT A ROSE It is, instead, Tulipa tnontana, a tulip wifh a showy, deep red flower wifh black center flower of showy size and color, red or purpIe, perhaps, like the royal robes of Solomon. Dr. Ha-Reubeni thought this was a mistake, since the words of Jesus, *'And yet I say unto you," would seem to indicate that he was referring to some more modest flower, whose beauty was not so apparent but must be pointed out to his listeners. Such a flower would be more in keeping, too, with the esthetic taste of Jesus. Among the most ancient translations of Krinou agrion (liliesof the field) Dr. Ha-Reubeni found that of Dioscorides, who translated it Ahib laboti, an ancient Hebrew name meaning "white ; Further- more, according to Dr. Ha-Reubeni, not enough atten- tion has been paid to the verse, "If God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the ; The use of the term "grass," and the phrase about Cast- ing into the oven, as well as esthetic and philological considerations, led him to the conviction that the flower referred to is the common daisy, Anthe?nis palestina, which dots the fields of Palestine after the rains. The flower, Dr. Ha-Reubeni points out, is "beautifui at all hours of the day, even when old and drying. When it has dried up, it is gathered with the dried grass and cast into the ; And, he further reminds us that "the daisy has a crown, which gives special aptitude to the com- parison with Solomon, the crowned ; The Hebrews, like the Greeks and Romans, borrowed many of their art forms from plants and flowers. The seven-branched candlestick, which has come down through the ages as a traditional Jewish symbol, and is known to the world at large through its representation on the arch of
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