I suspect that most people in this country familiar with the Bible passage were exposed to it not through Bible reading but through the Negro spiritual, “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” composed ...

Horticulturists are celebrating the growth of a 1,000 year old “Tsori” seed, discovered nearly 30 years ago, which is believed to produce a balm resin mentioned several times in the Bible.

JAMAICANS who know their Bible well or pay attention to sermons and other biblical details would have immediately recognised the headline of this column as a quote from Jeremiah 8:22 in the King ...

The “tsori,” often translated into English as “balm,” is mentioned in the Bible a total of six ... Noted for its healing properties, as in Jeremiah 8:22’s “Is there no balm in Gilead; ...

Balm in Gilead is also referenced in the minister’s scripture reading and the hymn sung by a dying contraband man. The balm brings comfort to the sick and weary.

In the language of the 1611 Bible, Jeremiah asks: “Is there no balm in Gilead?” Or, as the earlier Bishops’ Bible of 1568 phrased it, the question was: “Is there not triacle at Gilead?” ...