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]
1 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
2 posted on
09/02/2010 6:56:40 PM PDT by
KTM rider
( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
3 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
4 posted on
09/02/2010 6:57:28 PM PDT by
rahbert
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.
8 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! ;-)
9 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....”
10 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
11 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
12 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.
13 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)
15 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.
16 posted on
09/02/2010 7:10:35 PM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill informed post.)
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.
18 posted on
09/02/2010 7:11:09 PM PDT by
livius
To: SunkenCiv
Slave:"Here, puff on this. Better have your wife get some Cheetos out."
20 posted on
09/02/2010 7:15:47 PM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill informed post.)
To: SunkenCiv
Beats me. All I can say is that some us modern Israelites have lifted a mug here and there. LOL
26 posted on
09/02/2010 7:33:29 PM PDT by
redpoll
To: SunkenCiv
Oh man, another Republican bashing thread - Busch’s fault!
33 posted on
09/02/2010 8:27:25 PM PDT by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: SunkenCiv
41 posted on
09/02/2010 8:45:10 PM PDT by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: SunkenCiv
I never saw any Scriptures about cultivating beeryards with beer vines or putting new beer into old beer skins.
He misquotes the Scriptures to support his theory and probably thinks Noah became a brew meister.
47 posted on
09/02/2010 9:10:44 PM PDT by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: SunkenCiv
49 posted on
09/03/2010 12:10:33 AM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: SunkenCiv
perhaps the Germans learned it from the Jews who lived among them...I bet that would make a few heads explode...
51 posted on
09/03/2010 5:37:53 AM PDT by
stefanbatory
(Insert witty tagline here)
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