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Water Shall Flow from the Rock: Hydrogeology and Climate in the Lands of the Bible
Arie S. Issar
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Description for Water Shall Flow from the Rock: Hydrogeology and Climate in the Lands of the Bible
paperback. This text focuses on a model of climatic changes in the last 6000 years, and their influence on the peoples of the Middle East. It combines results from the natural sciences with historical documents and archaeological findings, attempting to explain some biblical events. Num Pages: 213 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTP; HDDH; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
Many times when the author saw the bedouins of southern Sinai excavate their wells in the crystalline rocks, from which this part of the peninsula is built, the story of Moses striking the rock to get water came to mind. The reader will, indeed, find in this book the description for a rather simple method by which to strike the rock to get water in the wilderness of Sinai. Yet this method was not invented by the author nor by any other modem hydrogeologist, but was a method that the author learned from the bedouins living in the crystalline mountains ... Read more
Many times when the author saw the bedouins of southern Sinai excavate their wells in the crystalline rocks, from which this part of the peninsula is built, the story of Moses striking the rock to get water came to mind. The reader will, indeed, find in this book the description for a rather simple method by which to strike the rock to get water in the wilderness of Sinai. Yet this method was not invented by the author nor by any other modem hydrogeologist, but was a method that the author learned from the bedouins living in the crystalline mountains ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Springer Germany
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540516217
SKU
V9783540516217
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99-15
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