Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

karl, isaac,

according to your description, the alon (oak) i remember from most of the 
galilee and carmel is certainly of the
US southwest family... maybe they grow taller in the heights of the meiron. 

in israel too, its fauna, jointly with the kharob and elat haxoresh (birch?), 
is associated with 
grazing of sheep and goats.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/20-centuries-old-oak-trees-found-chopped-down-in-galilee-1.238038

http://hebrewpodcasts.com/treesofisrael.html

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0015_0_14992.html

http://www.israelimages.com/see_image_details.php?description=Oak-tree--winter-on-Mount-Meron&idi=17043

nir cohen

On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:58:07 -0700, K Randolph wrote
> Nir:
> 
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br> 
> wrote:
> the identification of the tree with oak is 100% positive?
> 
> >>> ...Where in Genesis does it say that they were
> "magnificent" oak trees? That is...
> 
> nir cohen
> 
> 
> While it is true that all oak trees produce acorns and have similarly 
> shaped leaves, not all of them are “magnificent”, only some are, such as 
> those in the American Midwest. In the American Southwest, the desert 
> mountain states, the oak trees are dry land oaks, and grow neither tall nor 
> magnificent. They grow where it is neither wet nor cool enough for pine 
> trees, growing tall enough for shade and some more. They also do not grow 
> closely together, rather leave space between them for grass, upon which 
> sheep can graze.
> 
> Genesis doesn’t say what sort of oaks they were, but I seriously doubt they 
> were the tall, magnificent, eastern forest trees.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.

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