A Jewish priest and commander who went over to Rome and wrote the Jewish War and the Antiquities of the Jews, with much on the balsam gardens of Jericho and Engedi.

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  1. Balm of GileadThe resin of Commiphora gileadensis.
  2. Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum), plate: Illustration of a mandrake plant (the dog-and-root harvesting legend), 15th-century herbal manuscript
    MandrakeMandragora officinarum and its relatives, of the nightshade family.
  3. Turpentine, plate: Terebinth
    TurpentineThe oleoresin of the larch (“Venice” turpentine) or of the terebinth (“Chian” turpentine).

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