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Food and Culture

Israel Bible Podcast

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The Power of Food in a Patriarchal Story

Food has been used in a strategic friendship forming kind of way throughout the Bible so many times. Food nourishes the body and also is a social and economic marker. When people share a meal, they are reinforcing a sense of identity. The shared food can connect households, strengthen a community and reaffirm status levels or create a shared dependence on one another.

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