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... Israelite pork taboo was essentially a cost / benefit choice by pointing to evidence of pigs being raised quite successfully in many parts of the Middle East including the Israelites ' promised land . The facts are not in dispute . Pigs ...
... Israelite pork taboo was essentially a cost / benefit choice by pointing to evidence of pigs being raised quite successfully in many parts of the Middle East including the Israelites ' promised land . The facts are not in dispute . Pigs ...
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... Israelites . To the extent that abstract theological principles result in flamboyant lists of interdicted species , the results are trivial if not beneficial from a nutritional and ecological viewpoint . Among birds , for example ...
... Israelites . To the extent that abstract theological principles result in flamboyant lists of interdicted species , the results are trivial if not beneficial from a nutritional and ecological viewpoint . Among birds , for example ...
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... Israelites was tested by John the Baptist , who survived in the wilderness on nothing but locusts and honey . Incidentally , optimal foraging theory has implications for the entire list of prohibited birds and other inefficient animals ...
... Israelites was tested by John the Baptist , who survived in the wilderness on nothing but locusts and honey . Incidentally , optimal foraging theory has implications for the entire list of prohibited birds and other inefficient animals ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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