Yeshua ate lamb as part of the Passover feast, and it's almost certain he would have also eaten beef at some point as heifers were sacrificed twice a day as well as on feast days.
Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
According to the Blue Letter Bible, here's what these Hebrew words really mean-
John the Baptist was a wild man who survived on locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Kosher food laws are based on both the Torah and the oral traditions passed down by the Pharisees and Saducees after the Babylonian captivity which were later written down and are known as the Talmud.
Right, but remember that kosher does not necessarily equal Biblical law. Under kosher law, Biblical dietary laws are often be made even stricter than intended by God.
I read the article, and figured this is worth pointing out. Even though the website is called Torah Musings, the article in question contains 22 out of the 23 footnotes sourced to the Talmud.
A good example of the extra-Biblical teachings are the rules against mixing dairy products and meat in the same dish. You are not allowed to mix meat and milk or meat and cheese under kosher law.
Why do you suppose that is?
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God.Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
The last part of this verse is referring to cooking a baby goat in its mother's milk, which was forbidden for a much different reason that the simple fact it was mixing dairy with meat.
I don't agree with all of the conclusions, but there is a lot of interesting information about this topic in this course description for a class offered at Quartz Hill School of Theology as well-
In conclusion, the Torah does not forbid eating meat and milk or eating meat and cheese at the same time. It forbids the practice of pagan fertility rituals involving goats only.
Yeshua ate lamb as part of the Passover feast, and it's almost certain he would have also eaten beef at some point as heifers were sacrificed twice a day as well as on feast days.
He also ate fish after His resurrection.
Assuming Jesus kept Kosher (And I never heard that he hadn't) then he never would eat bugs.
Bugs aren't kosher.
Yeshua followed the dietary rules in the Torah.
Leviticus 11:22
Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
According to the Blue Letter Bible, here's what these Hebrew words really mean-
Locust = אַרְבֶּה = locust
Bald locust = סָלְעָם = katydid
Beetle = חַרְגֹּל = cricket
Grasshopper = חָגָב = grasshopper
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/lev/11/22/t_conc_101022
John the Baptist was a wild man who survived on locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Kosher food laws are based on both the Torah and the oral traditions passed down by the Pharisees and Saducees after the Babylonian captivity which were later written down and are known as the Talmud.
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2652565/jewish/The-Babylonian-Talmud.htm
Some of the traditions in the Talmud are extra-Biblical and Yeshua spoke out against those.
Matthew 15:1-6
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Ugh, you made me look it up. I recalled insects being forbidden under kosher laws, but forgot about locusts.
So... I found this.... and it's a little TMI.
https://www.torahmusings.com/2013/01/kosher-worms-insects/
Right, but remember that kosher does not necessarily equal Biblical law. Under kosher law, Biblical dietary laws are often be made even stricter than intended by God.
I read the article, and figured this is worth pointing out. Even though the website is called Torah Musings, the article in question contains 22 out of the 23 footnotes sourced to the Talmud.
A good example of the extra-Biblical teachings are the rules against mixing dairy products and meat in the same dish. You are not allowed to mix meat and milk or meat and cheese under kosher law.
Why do you suppose that is?
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
The last part of this verse is referring to cooking a baby goat in its mother's milk, which was forbidden for a much different reason that the simple fact it was mixing dairy with meat.
The Rolling Stones likely know why. Check out their alternate album cover for Goat's Head Soup - https://files.catbox.moe/29c4kt.jpg
Boiling a kid in its mother's milk was part of the fertility rituals practiced by the Canaanites, Babylonians, and other cultures.
Goats in the Ancient Near East and Their Relationship with the Mythology, Fairytale and Folklore of These Cultures
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/64839
I don't agree with all of the conclusions, but there is a lot of interesting information about this topic in this course description for a class offered at Quartz Hill School of Theology as well-
B425 Ugarit and the Bible
http://www.theology.edu/ugarbib.htm
In conclusion, the Torah does not forbid eating meat and milk or eating meat and cheese at the same time. It forbids the practice of pagan fertility rituals involving goats only.