Recharge and discharge mechanism and dynamics in
„Like the Eskimos ’ reputedly rich vocabulary for snow, the Hebrew language has separate words for the first and last rainfall, dew, different levels of floods, and half a dozen types of drought. The word „water “ itself appears 580 times in the Old Testament. The Hebrew patriarchs concerned themsel...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.232.6460 http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/9972/1/Brielmann_Heike.pdf |
| Summary: | „Like the Eskimos ’ reputedly rich vocabulary for snow, the Hebrew language has separate words for the first and last rainfall, dew, different levels of floods, and half a dozen types of drought. The word „water “ itself appears 580 times in the Old Testament. The Hebrew patriarchs concerned themselves with digging and protecting wells. Water is a prerequisite for a variety of ritual purifications. There is no more common metaphor in the religious liturgy.“ Alon Tal (2002), Pollution in a Promised Land – An Environmental |
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