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The Judean date palm at Ketura, Israel, nicknamed Methuselah. The Judean date palm is a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) grown in Judea.It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was anciently regarded as a symbol of the region and its fertility.
The date palm has historically been considered a symbol of Judea and the Jewish people. [53] The leaves are used as a lulav in the Jewish holiday of Sukkot . [ 54 ] They are also commonly used as the s'chach in the construction of a sukkah .
The palm appears also on at least one Hasmonean coin and on coinage issued in 38–39 AD by Herod Antipas. Palm ornaments are found also on Jewish ossuaries. [19] In 1965, Judean date palm seeds dated at around 2000 years old were recovered during excavations at Herod the Great's palace on Masada in Israel. In 2005, some of the seeds were planted.
A 2,000-year-old Judean date palm seed discovered during archaeological excavations in the early 1960s was successfully germinated into a date plant, popularly known as "Methuselah" after the longest-living figure in the Hebrew Bible. At the time, it was the oldest known germination, [39] remaining so until a new record was set in 2012. [40]
Carbon-dated. The oldest viable seed that has grown into a full plant was an about 2,000 years old Judean date palm seed, recovered from excavations at Herod the Great 's palace on Masada in Israel. It had been preserved in a cool, dry place, not by freezing. It was germinated in 2005. [3][4][5][6]
Coponius depicted the palm tree bearing two bunches of dates on his coinage, which previously had appeared only on extremely rare coins of Herod Antipas. The palm tree design was later used to represent Judaea on coins issued by the Jews during the First and Second Revolts, as well as later Roman-issued Judaean-related pieces. [6]
The stadium appears to have been adopted from Persia, while the double palm seems to have been derived from the Greek dichas. [1] The relationship between four of these additional units and the earlier system is as follows: 1 double palm (hasit) = 2 palms (tefah) 1 pace (pesiah) = 1 ell (amah) 1 stadium (ris) = 1600 palms (2 ⁄ 15 mile) (tefah ...
Date palm cultivation began in the Jordan River Valley, and the earliest date pits have been discovered at Ein Gedi by the Dead Sea. In the Golan, olives trees were grown and olive oil was produced there. [7] Chickpea cultivation dates back to the Bronze Age (3300 – 1200 BCE) [8] and grapes and olives became important crops in the hill ...