the ... hittites eat animals with cloven hooves, so we no longer eat cloven-hoofed animals, ... .
This is not quite correct. To be kosher a mammal has to both have cloven hooves and chew the cud -- i.e. they have to be a ruminant. Pigs are out because the don't have the dual process digestive track. Camels are out because the don't have cloven hooves.
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Re: excellent analysis
Date: 2006-09-29 01:45 am (UTC)This is not quite correct. To be kosher a mammal has to both have cloven hooves and chew the cud -- i.e. they have to be a ruminant. Pigs are out because the don't have the dual process digestive track. Camels are out because the don't have cloven hooves.
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