According to the Bible, the categorisation of nature is as old as humankind (Gen 2.19-20). The modern binominal nomenclature system was pioneered by Carl Linnaeus and is now universally used. Translators should be encouraged to use these names to identify terms in their receptor languages. However, it is not foolproof, and there is some evidence within the biblical texts of lexical items being identifiable with a plurality of names. It is these examples that are outlined here.
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CansdaleGeorge. 1970. Animals of Bible Lands. Exeter: Paternoster.
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HepperF. Nigel. 1992. Baker Encyclopaedia of Bible Plants. Grand Rapids: Baker.
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HopeEdward R.2005. All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible. New York: United Bible Societies. Electronic edition: Animals in the Bible, ParaTExt.
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KidnerDerek. 1964. The Proverbs. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. London: Tyndale Press.
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KoopsRobert. 2012. Each According to Its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible. Reading, UK: United Bible Societies. Electronic edition: Plants and Trees in the Bible, ParaTExt.
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LawrencePaul J. N.2004. “Bĕrôš—A Study in Translational Inconsistency.” The Bible Translator55: 102-7.
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ToyCrawford H.1899. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs. International Critical Commentary 16. Edinburgh: T&T Clark.
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WalkerWinifred. 1957. All the Plants of the Bible. New York: Harper Brothers.
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