John W. Redelfs wrote:
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Don't we already know that John the Baptist ate locusts and honey?
Locusts are definitely animal protein, not plants.
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Apparently some believe locusts to be a mistranslation perpetuated
from very early manuscripts.
In certain early historical writings the phrase
This is a common tradition (the term carob was eating away at the back of my
head, trying to get something out, and when Mij mentioned St. John's Bread, I
finally remembered that there is a tradition that what John the Baptist ate in the
desert was locust beans, not locusts. Locust bean is another
That's pretty well my understanding, too, although I didn't know it might have
originated with the Elbionites -- I thought it was during the Middle Ages when
various Bibles mention it. But again, in the Greek New Testament the word for
locust is akpides, from which we also get the modern word
Carob is a unique substance that has an appearance similar to cocoa. It
comes from the Ceratonia siliqua, an evergreen tree native to the
Eastern Mediterranean area. This relatively wild tree, which grows up to
50 feet tall, bears fruit at the age of six to eight years with a
greater abundance
See, folks? You have a question, and there's always someone on the list who
a) knows the answer;
b) may not know, but knows how to find out; and even on occasion,
c) hasn't a clue but can concoct an answer with such an air of authority that no
one cares if it's right or not ;-) [Thanks, Jim]
