Babylonian Talmud Cultivated Crops during the Time of the Babylonian Talmud Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 October 2018 As in earlier periods, the staple crops were wheat, barley and dates. A daily...
Beer “The Reinheitsgebot…had less to do with keeping peasants from poisoning themselves…than with controlling the hops and barley crops” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 May 2017 Beer is less ancient than wine, McGovern went on to say, because it requires...
Beer, Bible “…if ancient Israel did not drink beer, their abstention was unique in the entire ancient Near East” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 May 2017 …the Hebrew Bible records barley (שְׂעֺרָה) as one of the most abundant and important...
Beer, Bible, Middle East “The process for making beer was different in the ancient world from that used today, and it didn’t include the addition of hops or carbonation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 May 2017 Barley, one of the more popular grains for making beer in the ancient world,...
Beer, Bible “The importance of beer in the ancient Near East can be seen by the fact that, in time, the word for beer came to designate the state of drunkenness” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 February 2017 The importance of beer in the ancient Near East can be seen by the...