Excerpt from Guide to the Exhibition of Animals, Plants and Minerals Mentioned in the Bible
It was thought by the Trustees of the British Museum that an Exhibition of Animals, Plants, and Minerals mentioned in the Bible would form an interesting supplement to the literary and historical Biblical Exhibition which has been arranged at Bloomsbury for the Tercentenary of the Authorised Version, and instructions were given for its preparation. The result is the collection now placer! in one of the bays of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum.
The Animals and Minerals, respectively, have been selected, arranged, and labelled by Mr. Lydekker and Dr. Herbert Smith, under the general supervision of the Keepers of Zoology and Mineralogy; the Plants have been selected, arranged, and labelled by Dr. Reudle, the Keeper of Botany.
The zoological and botanical parts of the present guide-book are virtually reprints of the exhibited labels, and the information given on the latter has been to a considerable extent derived from the late Dr. H. B. Tristram"s "Natural History of the Bible," the first edition of which was published in the year 1867.
As regards the Biblical Minerals, scarcely any of them were found in Palestine itself or were brought from localities now known; they are not considered in Dr. Tristram"s work, and, notwithstanding all that has been written about them during many centuries, there is still great uncertainty as to the original signification of the Hebrew or and Greek names. As the subject presents much difficulty, have contributed to the guide-book a short essay showing how modern interpretations of the ancient names of Biblical Minerals have been deduced.
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