Mosaic Dietary Laws Essay

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Throughout time, food has always played a large role in every day life. One aspect of life that food really plays a large role in is religious life. It is important to recognize that the first commandment that God gave to us was a restriction on eating. Many religions have dietary laws or restrictions that explain to the people of their religion what they can and cannot eat. The first commandments that God gave to us were related to eating. In the Bible, we see the Mosaic dietary laws. These laws were set and regulated by Moses, as explained by God’s law. The Old Testament is full of restrictions regarding food consumption and what types of foods should not be consumed. I will be further examining the Mosaic dietary laws and the role they continue to play in the modern-day and in many people lives.
Although the Mosaic dietary laws have many different food restrictions, the main restrictions are for the consumption of certain types of meats. These rules and limitations continue to be followed in a modern Jewish kosher home. Although these laws were presented thousands of years ago, people of good faith still continue to follow them because they feel that they are “God’s people” and “God is to be obeyed, and the prescriptions of Mosaic Law are still obligatory” . Many people to this day continue to follow the Mosaic dietary laws, but with variations. Many people, while performing Jewish religious practices, continue to base their practices off of ancestral ordinances, but also continue to have a strong representation of Mosaic dietary laws. To better understand Mosaic dietary laws, we should take a look at earlier restrictions on the diet.
As we take a look at earlier restrictions on the Christian diet, we have to point to N...

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Although many people believe the reason that Jewish people do not consume pork is because Moses influenced them not to, there are many other theories. As stated earlier, many people believe that the lack of refrigeration could produce serious illnesses in animals such as pigs and some scale-free fish. More restrictions were also placed on animals that eat other animals. People believed that carnivorous animals would spread their evil nature to the people that are eating them. Although these theories have been just as popular as the Egypt story, there is no evidence that God ever made these distinct restrictions and God did tell Noah that whatever living, moving thing is on Earth is meat for us (humans).
The Mosaic dietary laws not only provided specific instruction on consumption, but also on how to treat crops, nature, and other animals.

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