From: Joseph Crea <Joseph.Crea AT worldnet.att.net>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: dt 8:8
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:19:25 -0600
Hello Jim!
At 11:25 AM 11/19/99 -0500, Jim West wrote:
>the list of products here are interesting to me for a number of reasons. i
>am fairly sure that wheat was used for human consumption, barley for feeding
>animals, vines for the production of wine, figs...???, just a snack i
>suppose, pomegranates...???? , olive oil for lamps etc, and honey for
>sweetener.
>
>what i am wondering about is if anyone knows of particular cultic or
>pharmaceutical uses for pomegranates or figs.
CREA
Well, figs have been used for poultices (see Isaiah 38:21) as well as
for their laxative effect, and the bark of the pomegranate contains several
alkaloids (pelletierine, methyl-pelletierine, pseudo-pelletierine &
iso-pelletierine) which kill tapeworms. Hope that this helps.