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Rarest Blue : The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered by Baruch Sterman and Judy Taubes Sterman (2017, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPtil Tekhelet
ISBN-100692890033
ISBN-139780692890035
eBay Product ID (ePID)28038433019
Product Key Features
Educational LevelAdult & Further Education
Publication NameRarest Blue : the Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral, World
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorBaruch Sterman, Judy Taubes Sterman
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceAdult Education
LCCN2012-028637
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisFor centuries, blue and purple dyed fabrics ranked among the ancient world s most desirable objects, commanding many times their weight in gold. Few people knew their secrets, carefully guarding the valuable knowledge, and strict laws regulated their production and use. The Rarest Blue tells the incredible story of tekhelet, the elusive sky-blue color mentioned throughout the Bible. Minoans discovered it; Phoenicians stole it; Roman emperors revered it; and Jews obeying a commandment to affix a thread of it to their garments risked their lives for it. But as the Roman Empire dissolved, the color vanished. Then, in the nineteenth century, a marine biologist marveled as yellow snail guts smeared on a fisherman s shirt turned blue. But what had caused this incredible transformation? Meanwhile, a Hasidic master obsessed with the ancient technique posited that the source of the dye was no snail but a squid. Bitter controversy divided European Jews until a brilliant rabbi proved one side wrong. But had an unscrupulous chemist deceived them? In this richly illustrated book, Baruch Sterman brilliantly recounts the amazing story of this sacred dye that changed the color of history.
