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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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THE RAREST BLUE: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF AN ANCIENT COLOR LOST TO HISTORY AND REDISCOVERED By Baruch Sterman - Hardcover **BRAND NEW**.

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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.