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Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?
BAR 36:05 ^
| Sep/Oct 2010
| Michael M. Homan
Posted on 09/02/2010 6:53:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Ancient Israelites, with the possible exception of a few teetotaling Nazirites and their moms, proudly drank beer -- and lots of it. Men, women and even children of all social classes drank it. Its consumption in ancient Israel was encouraged, sanctioned and intimately linked with their religion. Even Yahweh, according to the Hebrew Bible, consumed at least half a hin of beer (approximately 2 liters, or a six-pack) per day through the cultic ritual of libation, and he drank even more on the Sabbath (Numbers 28:7-10). People who were sad were advised to drink beer to temporarily erase their troubles (Proverbs 31:6). Yet the Biblical authors also called for moderation. Several passages condemn those who consumed too much beer (Isaiah 5:11, 28:7; Proverbs 20:1, 31:4). The absence of beer defines a melancholy situation, according to Isaiah 24:9.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: agriculture; beer; biblicalarchaeology; dietandcuisine; exodus; godsgravesglyphs; grapes; israel; oenology; theexodus; winemaking; zymurgy
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It is clear from countless ancient texts and paintings (such as this one of an old man drinking beer through a long straw from Egypt, c. 1350 B.C.E.) that beer was a common -- and even celebrated -- part of everyday life in both Egypt and Mesopotamia. But what about Israel? Despite its apparent absence from the Bible in most modern translations, author Michael Homan argues that the ancient Israelites also produced and drank beer, much like their Near Eastern neighbors. [Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY]
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posted on
09/02/2010 6:53:48 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
I read somewhere that beer was discovered because grain was used to filter muddy water and the grain fermented when left to stand
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posted on
09/02/2010 6:56:40 PM PDT
by
KTM rider
( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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posted on
09/02/2010 6:56:43 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/02/2010 6:57:28 PM PDT
by
rahbert
To: KTM rider; GOP_Raider
Somewhere in the ancient world there must have been a farmer who was outstanding in the field.
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Posted on 09/02/2010 8:10:50 AM PDT by decimon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2582109/posts
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posted on
09/02/2010 6:57:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: rahbert
Here, put on your glasses, I’m not your wife. It must be my man boobs.
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posted on
09/02/2010 6:58:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
09/02/2010 6:59:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
It was my understanding that it was wine that you were suppose to give to the sad of heart. Not beer.
Although it would not surprise me to find that they drank beer I think that there are doing a bit of twisting of the record here.
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:00:05 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(there are huge chunks of time...at night...where I'm just asleep...for hours...it's ridiculous....)
To: SunkenCiv
Of course not! They were Baptists! ;-)
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:00:05 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Hanistarot LaShem 'Eloqeynu; vehaniglot lanu ulevaneynu `ad-`olam la`asot 'et-kol-divrey HaTorah!)
To: SunkenCiv
Absolutely false. “In Heaven there is no beer! That's why we drink it here! And when we're gone from here... all our friends will be drinking all the beer....”
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:01:05 PM PDT
by
April Lexington
(Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:05:45 PM PDT
by
Sender
(It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
To: SunkenCiv; ExTexasRedhead; little jeremiah; Fred Nerks
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:08:35 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/ic05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: SunkenCiv
...and he drank even more on the Sabbath...The real reason for the rule of parking the car a block away from walking to temple.
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:09:00 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
2,000 pages of Bible. No mention of beer. I doubt this is true.
To: SunkenCiv
If they did, it would explain why they were lost 40 years trying to get across a desert. (hic)
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:09:54 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(If it were not so gruesomely malevolent, Islam would just be silly.)
To: SunkenCiv
Yeah.... that’s what they were doing with that ‘straw’, drinking beer. Everyone knows beer tastes best through a straw.
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:10:35 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill informed post.)
To: November 2010
Is. 5:11 says wine in all translations I looked at . . .
To: SunkenCiv
Everybody drank beer. The Romans, oddly enough, don’t seem to have been big beer-drinkers until they got to Spain, where the (B.C.) Celtiberian locals were known for their beer production and beer drinking.
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:11:09 PM PDT
by
livius
To: November 2010
NIV alone among major translations mentions beer a couple times.
To: SunkenCiv
Slave:"Here, puff on this. Better have your wife get some Cheetos out."
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:15:47 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill informed post.)
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