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What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?: Diet in Biblical Times

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Diets throughout history can tell a bit about the people who ate them. "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?" is a deftly researched, scholarly look into the diet of Ancient Israel. Looking into anthropological evidence, "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?" examines the base ingredients, how they were combined, and how these foods affected the ancient Israelites as a people. Criticizing diet books that call for a return to a biblical diet, "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?" is a realistic look at a diet in a time where survival was much harder.

This is for the anthropologist of nutritionist rather than the popular market. It used archaeology more than the Bible, and it points out that milk and honey were hardly accurate descriptions of the ancient diet, but what has been suspected - sparse and iffy.

The author does a good job of really detailing what life was like when it came to food for this people group. Our family was amazed at the difference. Although definitely not a scholar we sought out this book because so many people in the vegan and raw food movements have spoken about eating like older cultures ate and we wanted to see from someone who had studied the history of God's people and their diet if this was just a sales tactic by greedy health promoters or the facts....you will have a better idea which is the truth by the end of a book like this.