Zohar Amar: List of Publications

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Zohar Amar: List of Publications

Books and Pamphlets

1. Legends and Tales of Plants in the Botanical-Ecological Park, published
by the Society for the Protection of Nature, Tel-Aviv 1987.
2. Foodstuffs and Industrial Products Grown in the Land of Israel during
the Middle Ages, Jerusalem 1996.
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. Agricultural Products in the Land of Israel in the Middle Ages,
Jerusalem 2000.
5. Physicians, Drug, and Remedies in Jerusalem from the 10th-18th
Centuries, Tel-Aviv 2000 (with E. Lev).
6. Maimonides’ Regimen Sanitiatis: Commentary of R. Jacob Zahalon on
Hilchot Deot – Chapter Four, Neve-Tzuf 2001.
7. The Book of Incense, Tel-Aviv 2002.
8. Ethnic Medicinal Substances of the Land of Israel, Jerusalem 2002 (with
E. Lev).
9. The History of Medicine in Jerusalem, Archaeopress, Oxford 2002.
(English)
10. Bamme Madlikin, Tel-Aviv 2003 (with A. Shwiky).
11. P’ri Megaddim by Rabbi David de Silva, Physician of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem 2003.
12. The Tradition of Fowl in Jewish Halacha, Tel Aviv 2004.
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. The Locust in Jewish Tradition, Ramat-Gan 2004.
15. Sori ha-Guf by R. Nathan ben Yoel Falaquera (Edited & Commented
with Y. Buchman, Tel- Aviv 2004.
16. Rabbi Yosef Kafih’s Notebook on the Plants of the Mishna, Tel Aviv
2005.
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.
91 . Practical 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
22. Etrogim of the Land of Israel: A modern study of their roots, Tel Aviv
2012
23. Five Types of Grain: Historical, Halachic and Conceptual Aspects, Har
Berach 2011
24. Flora of the Bible, Jerusalem 2012.

25. Ethiopia in Israel: Ethnic Medicine and Traditional Medications of the
Ethiopian Community, Yad Izhak Ben Zvi and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem 2013 (with D. Danino)

Articles (in Hebrew)
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 )ןומסרפאה ץע( 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.

40. "Grave Markers in the Land of Israel" , Kovetz al yad, 14 (1998), pp.
277-296.

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 Irus as 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, 111 (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, 27 (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,
75 (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. "The Gall Bladder – A Means to Differentiate the Gazella from the
Deer", Hama'yan, 49/2 (2008), pp. 14-18
127. “ A glimpse into the world of physicians and healers in Ottoman Israel”,
Galileo, 118 (2008), pp. 60-67 (with Y. Buchman).
128. “Balsam and its laws”, Tehumin, 28 (2008), pp. 368-372.
129. “Adding hadassim”, Sinai, 139 (2008), pp. 66-72.
130. "Toward an identification of Shipon", BDD, 20 (2008), pp. 67-84.
131. "Ethiopia in Israel – an ethnopharmacological study of Ethiopian
immigrants in Israel", Harefuah, 147 (2008), pp. 597-601 (With D.
Danino).
132. "Between Ethiopian Medicine and Yemen", Tehuda, 25 (2008), pp. 68 –
73.
133. “Invitation to a circumcision ceremony, Yemeinite-style”, Mesorah
Le’yosef , 6 (Y. Parhi, ed.), Netanya 2009, pp. 289-294.