Volume 26, Number 10 · June 14, 1979
The Dietary Prohibitions of the Hebrews
By Jean Soler, Translated by Elborg Forster
How can we explain the dietary prohibitions of the Hebrews? To this day these rules—with variations, but always guided by the Mosaic laws—are followed by many orthodox Jews. Once a number of false leads, such as the explanation that they were hygienic measures, have been dismissed, the structural approach appears to be enlightening.
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