Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

At 10:57 PM 8/26/2002 +1000, Martin A. Shields wrote:
>> I have just read a recent article proposing that Qohelet 10:1 refers to the
>> process used to make beer in the aNE. To my knowledge, however, there is no
>> word for "beer" in BH in spite of the apparent antiquity of beer
production.
>
>Of course, in case you were going to try and follow the recipe, I meant 11:1
>and not 10:1 (please do not drink anything made with dead flies).
>
I somehow doubt that "casting bread on water" means beer. As far as I know,
"shekhar", which often appears together with "yyn", is usually understood
to mean beer, mead and other fermented beverages.


Dr. Yigal Levin
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