John W. Redelfs wrote: --- Don't we already know that John the Baptist ate locusts and honey? Locusts are definitely animal protein, not plants. ---
Apparently some believe "locusts" to be a mistranslation perpetuated from very early manuscripts. In certain early historical writings the phrase is found as "honey, and cakes made with oil and honey." The change is attributed to misreading the Greek "enkis", meaning "cake oil", to "akris" which means "locusts." But of course this is all Greek to me. Supposedly this is also consistent with what scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls have learned quite recently about the strict rules of the Essenes community, of which some believe John the Baptist was an associate. Some of John's other peculiar habits seem to have interesting parallels with the Essenes culture. FWIW. --- Mij Ebaboc ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
