Motif
patriarchal abstinence and food prohibition aetiology
patriarchal_abstinence_and_food_prohibition_aetiology
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11470-11534 confidence: medium
A note says Jews reproached Mohammed and followers over camel flesh and milk; the answer says God made no meat distinction before Moses' law, while Jacob voluntarily abstained from camel flesh and milk.
The notes explain dietary abstinence through Jacob's vow or medical advice and the Israelite avoidance of the thigh sinew after the Peniel encounter.
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