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Moster introduces the etrog by describing the sights and scents of an etrog market just before the holiday of Sukkot (Tabernacles). After relating his particular interest in the fruit, which is also known as the citron or Citrus medica, Moster explains the etrog’s importance to Jews in both the ancient and modern worlds. He next outlines the contents of the book and situates his writing in the context of the field of citrus studies, which began more than eight centuries ago. Moster ends the introduction with a note regarding the terminology of ancient lands that are contested today, especially the land of Israel/Palestine.
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Joshua D. Klein, “Citron Cultivation, Production and Uses in the Mediterranean Region,” in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the Middle-East, ed. Yaniv Zohara and Nativ Dudai (New York: Springer, 2014), 199–214.
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David Karp, “Exploring for Citrons in China” (presented at the USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus & Dates, Riverside, California, January 19, 2009).
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See Michael J. Hagerty, “Han Yen-Chih’s Chü Lu (Monograph on the Oranges of Wên-Chou, Chekiang),” Toung Pao 22.2 (1923): 63–96.
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Joannes Baptista Ferrarius, Hesperides, Sive de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor (Romæ, 1646).
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Giorgio Gallesio , Traité du citrus (Paris: L. Fantin, 1811).
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Samuel Tolkowsky , Hesperides: A History of the Culture and Use of Citrus Fruits (London: J. Bale, Sons & Curnow, Ltd., 1938).
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Zohar Amar, Four Species Anthology (Neve Ṣuf: Zohar Amar, 2009).
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Moster, D.Z. (2018). Introduction. In: Etrog. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73736-2_1
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