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Pigs And Their Prohibition, Richard Lobban
Pigs And Their Prohibition, Richard Lobban
Richard A Lobban
Little is more central to the study of the modern Middle East than religion. Amidst the differences between the Judaic and Islamic traditions, both are unified about the religious prohibition of swine as a source of food. This taboo is one of the more significant common markers of their ethnicity and religious code.