Strike the Rock and There Shall Come Water Climate Changes, Water Re

This book presents an update and revision of the book Water Shall Flow from the Rock - Hydrogeology and Climate in the Lands of the Bible by A. Issar, published by Springer-Verlag in 1990. The enormous quantity and quality of new data added since 199

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Arie S. Issar

Strike the Rock and There Shall Come Water Climate Changes, Water Resources and History of the Lands of the Bible

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Arie S. Issar

Strike the Rock and There Shall Come Water Climate Changes, Water Resources and History of the Lands of the Bible

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Arie S. Issar The J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research Sede-Boqer Campus Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva Israel

ISSN  2211-4165 ISSN  2211-4173  (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-01936-9 ISBN 978-3-319-01937-6  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-01937-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013947784 © The Author(s) 2014 The facts and opinions expressed in this work are those of the author and not necessarily those of the publisher. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

The book presented hereby is an updated and revised version of my book Water Shall Flow from the Rock—Hydrogeology and Climate in the Lands of the Bible, published by Springer-Verlag in 1990. The reason for updating and revising and not just reprinting of the book is due, in the first place, to the enormous quantity and quality of the new data added since 1990. Another rea