Food In The Bible

[kiobe]

What would the people of the time of the bible have eaten typically?

[MaryLupin]

Just as a taste: (oooh I made a funny!)

Here is a pretty good site about the plants that appear in the bible (http://www.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/bible/bible.php). Not all the plants mentioned are edible but what this site will give you is a glimpse into what the people who wrote the bible saw and admired when they looked around their world. There was quite a flurry of research into this topic some years ago I remember, so there are books available on the topic as well.

[MaryLupin]

See:
"A land of wheat, and barley, and vines; of fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey." (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/species.html)

Then cross reference it to the site on biblical plants.

[MaryLupin]

Luke 24:36-43 says (New American Standard):

36While they were telling these things, (AH)He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be to you."

37But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing (AI)a spirit.

38And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

39"(AJ)See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; (AK)touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."

40And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

41While they still (AL)could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, "(AM)Have you anything here to eat?"

42They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish;

43and He took it and (AN)ate it before them.

note* some versions (see King James, for example) include "and of an honeycomb" with the fish that was handed to Jesus.

This is a searchable online bible (http://www.biblegateway.com/) (actually many bibles since you can choose which version to search). You can enter terms (like fish) and come up with the passages that use that term. It's one way to answer your question from a textual analysis.