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Bread of Life Discourse. Early third century depiction of eucharistic bread and fish, Catacomb of San Callisto, Rome. The Bread of Life Discourse is a portion of the teaching of Jesus which appears in chapter 6 of John's Gospel ( verses 22–59) and was delivered in the synagogue at Capernaum. [1]
Matthew 7:6. "Cast pearls before swine" (from the series of "Flemish Proverbs"). Drawing by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638). Matthew 7:6 is the sixth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. [1] It refers to "casting pearls before swine".
Manna. The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot. Manna ( Hebrew: מָן, romanized : mān, Greek: μάννα; Arabic: اَلْمَنُّ; sometimes or archaically spelled mana ), according to the Bible and the Quran, is an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the 40-year period ...
List of food origins. Some foods have always been common in every continent, such as many seafood and plants. Examples of these are honey, ants, mussels, crabs and coconuts. Nikolai Vavilov initially identified the centers of origin for eight crop plants, subdividing them further into twelve groups in 1935. [ 1]
Zoroastrianism ( Persian: دین زرتشتی, romanized : Din-e Zartoshti ), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion. Among the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of Iranian prophet Zarathustra—commonly known by his Greek name Zoroaster —as set forth in the primary religious text called the ...
Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history , which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.
History. In 1940, Word of Life Fellowship Bible Conference was founded by Jack Wyrtzen. [ 1] In 1941, he founded the Word of Life Camp Ministry, and in 1946 he purchased an island on Schroon Lake, New York, and opened Word of Life Camp in 1947. [ 2] By 2021, the ministry had camps, conference centers, Bible institutes, and church youth ...
Nazirite. In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or a nazarite ( Hebrew: נָזִיר Nāzīr) [1] is a Jewish [2] [3] man or woman [4] who voluntarily took a vow which is described in Numbers 6:1–21. This vow required the nazirite to: Not to become ritually impure by contact with corpses or graves, even those of family members. [7]