---
title: "Images of the Desert — Ar'ar and Tamarisk"
description: "Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks continue the series on images we find in the desert, learning about the ar'ar and tamarisk trees and what they teach us about living in our own deserts."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/28
published: 2017-04-20
---

# Images of the Desert — Ar'ar and Tamarisk

Ar'ar and Tamarisk Trees

- Published: 2017-04-20T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `28`
- Episode number: 28
- Session: 1
- People: Elle Grover Fricks, Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks continue the series on images we find in the desert, learning about the ar'ar and tamarisk trees and what they teach us about living in our own deserts.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks continue the series on images we find in the desert, learning about the ar'ar and tamarisk trees and what they teach us about living in our own deserts. Presentation for Images of the Desert — Ar'ar and Tamarisk (PDF) Noga Hareuveni — Wikipedia Written Works of Noga Hareuveni Hebrew University — Wikipedia National Botanic Garden of Israel — Wikipedia Tamarisk and Palm (Akkadian poem) — Wikipedia Tamarix (genus) — Wikipedia Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 28 The Companion for BEMA 28 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 28 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 14 July 2025 Original audio from 20 April 2017 Transcript for BEMA 28 of 20 April 2017

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/28)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/28)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/28)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/8a688c15-6c9c-4a0e-ae37-eeebae9f1841.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSAzAzZOVmG2wqduw9KlFyf0iP042mSM8iGI17EoeqDoMKGVaYFtRVgUdC3C243xQpRSr1FmhzGa-5P/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/28)