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Follow on Google News | God Drank Beer, Says Biblical Archaeology ReviewIn the most recent issue of the Biblical Archaeology Review, Michael M. Homan discusses evidence in the Hebrew Bible supporting the claim that the Israelite God Yahweh drank beer.
So why doesn’t the word “beer” appear in most English translations of the Bible? In the September/October 2010 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR), author Michael M. Homan offers three explanations in his article “Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?”: (1) the Hebrew word for beer (shekhar) has been misunderstood and mistranslated; Professor Homan’s article in the latest issue of BAR, now available in bookstores and on newsstands, is a unique look at beer and its central role in Israelite religion and as a staple of the ancient Near Eastern diet. He examines the fascinating textual, archaeological and artistic evidence to show that the ancient Israelites certainly drank beer—and plenty of it. Michael M. Homan is an archaeologist and associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. For more information, please contact BAR managing editor Dorothy D. Resig at dresig@bib-arch.org or 1.800.221.4644. ext. 242. To view the September/October 2010 issue of BAR online or to subscribe, visit our Web site at www.biblicalarchaeology.org. # # # The Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about archaeology in the Bible lands. End
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