Er, actually, in the time period, it did make sense to tell people not to eat shellfish, due to certain diseases such as the red tide which aren't easily detectable, and in certain places in the world you still can't eat the pork due to trichinosis, so those laws were put in as a warning against possibly unsafe foods.
Not to contradict or anything, it's just that, um, this book is a part of my tradition and I do feel insulted when the Tanakh is mocked.
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Date: 2009-01-26 08:13 am (UTC)Not to contradict or anything, it's just that, um, this book is a part of my tradition and I do feel insulted when the Tanakh is mocked.