Note 121 — THE CITY OF BRASS.[104]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
There is a constant clerical confusion in the texts between “Arar” (Juniperus Oxycedrus used by the Greeks for the images of their gods) and “Marmar” marble or alabaster, in the Talmud “Marmora” = marble, evidently from μάρμαρος = brilliant, the brilliant stone.