Dietary Law In The Bible
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Dietary law in the bible. 4 thoughts on dietary law adah van rooyen september 14 2018 at 6 47 am. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. There is alot of research out these days that say high fat high protein diet is healthy and i do agree eating beef lamb chicken and fish with no scales ect. The potential latent in biblical dietary law to separate its adherents from others who eat differently only became manifest during the hellenistic period that followed alexander the great s conquest of judea in 332 bce well after the composition of the torah.
Hello hope you are well and blessed. To find the dietary laws in the scriptures we have to read the so. Christian diets are based wholly or partially on the aforesaid dietary laws. Martin ph d 1974 1 edited and expanded by david sielaff april 2004.
And of course no pork other animal fat exept pork fat butter eggs cheese all non preserves but at the same time. The bible states norman geisler stipulates one to abstain from food sacrificed to idols from blood from meat of strangled animals. Method of slaughter with reference to medieval times jillian williams states that unlike the jewish and muslims. Foods dietary laws the bible and food.
I will be looking at this and more in this article. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. The dietary laws of the bible. But so many people who profess to be christians say that the dietary law is done away with.
These sorts of health observations may or may not be accurate in any given instance but it is unlikely that they are the primary impetus for biblical dietary law. Read the accompanying newsletter for april 2004 the bible teaches that all people are sinners even christians who have a relationship with christ. They say that when jesus was crucified he ended the laws in the old testament. The bible clearly reveals what foods are good and bad for the human body and in leviticus chapter 11 we find four categories that help us remember more easily a lot of what we can and cannot eat.
The biblical text does not provide a clear rational explanation for the institution of all the dietary laws see for example exod 23 19 or deut 14 21. The god of the bible jesus christ gave man a dietary law that is to last throughout all generations. Bible dietary laws new testament scriptures are often asked for when an uninformed christian is attempting to justify eating whatever they like.