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Alcoholic Drinks, Beer, Wine

“Most traditional forms of alcohol are made for immediate consumption”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2021
Most traditional forms of alcohol are made for immediate consumption: They will spoil within...
Tagged Alcohol, archaeology, beer, Breweries, Wine, wineries |
Alcoholic Drinks, Beer, Wine

“Unlike its role in other societies, wine eventually replaced beer and other drinks altogether among Greeks (except Spartans), Etruscans, and Romans of all social classes”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2021
In Europe, credible evidence for alcoholic beverages, especially drinking vessels in funerary contexts, dates...
Tagged Alcohol, beer, Mediterranean, Wine |
Beer, Bible, Jewish, Wine

Whereas barley beer and beer goddesses reigned supreme in the lowlands of Egypt and Mesopotamia, wine was the preferred fermented beverage in the upland regions of the southern Levant. The Holy Land is where two of the world’s major religions – Judaism and Christianity – originated, and their holy writings (“scriptures”) are a testament to the centrality of wine in faith and practice.

Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 November 2020
Whereas barley beer and beer goddesses reigned supreme in the lowlands of Egypt and...
Tagged beer, Bible, Christianity, Christianity and Judaism, Judaism, Wine |
Bible, Esther, Wine

The Phrase משתה in the Book of Esther

Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 January 2019
Many English versions translate משתה generally as either “feast” (e.g., ESV, KJV, NKJV) or...
Tagged Bible, Drinking, English Translation, Esther, translation, Wine |
Alcoholic Drinks, Beer, Bible, Wine

“…while ‘strong drink’ remains the most frequent English translation of שֵׁכָר, confusion about its identity persists”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 September 2017
Today, while ‘strong drink’ remains the most frequent English translation of שֵׁכָר, confusion about...
Tagged beer, Bible, Bible Translation, translation, Wine |
Alcoholic Drinks, Beer, Middle East, Wine

“The ancient Near East was divided in its alcoholic beverages into two main regions, those whose geographical properties suited the growing of grapes and those unsuited for growing grapes”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 July 2017
The ancient Near East was divided in its alcoholic beverages into two main regions,...
Tagged Ancient Near East, beer, Grapes, Wine |
Amoraim, Babylonian Talmud, Beer, Late Antiquity, Wine

“The contrast between wine culture of Palestine and beer culture of Babylonia is well documented in the Talmud…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 May 2017
One of the important distinctions between the diet of Graeco-Roman Palestine and Babylonia was...
Tagged Babylonia, Babylonian Talmud, beer, Israel, Persia, Talmud, Wine |
Beer, Wine

“…beverages in antiquity most often contained many ingredients: products solely composed of barley, grapes, or dates were rare”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 May 2017
Compounding the difficulty in identifying שֵׁכָר is the fact that beverages in antiquity most...
Tagged Antiquity, beer, Bible, Wine |
Babylonian Talmud, Beer, Wine

“…it appears that wine was much more expensive in Babylonia than beer in the Talmudic period”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2017
…it appears that wine was much more expensive in Babylonia than beer in the...
Tagged Babylonian Talmud, beer, Talmud, Wine |
Alcoholic Drinks, Beer, Bible, Wine

“Ancient alcoholic beverages don’t always fit into neat, distinct categories”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2017
Ancient alcoholic beverages don’t always fit into neat, distinct categories. Chemical evidence of ancient...
Tagged Alcoholic Beverages, ancient Israel, Ancient Near East, beer, Bible, Wine |
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