Why did the ancients typically recline to ear?
I tried it.
It is just awkward, sloppy, and actually uncomfortable!
Have you considered the possibility tradition had it wrong? Could it be that they actually sat up at a table?
Did not David refer to a table spread?
Wonder if it had fried chicken and okra!
Eating habits
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by agedman, Jan 1, 2019.
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To me, sitting at a table is less comfortable than reclining or lying slightly back on a pillow.
2/3) Depends on how one does it, I suppose.
If done without proper support, it can be fairly uncomfortable, IMO.
4) Possibly, which is why I'm digging into Scripture for an answer.
Here are some results:
Sitting ( is this literal? I think so ): Matthew 9:10, Luke 24:30.
Eating at a literal table: Judges 1:7, 1 Kings 4:27, Matthew 15:27, Mark 7:28, Luke 22:29-30, John 12:2.
To me, it's difficult to sit at a table without having a chair ( seat ) to sit in.
5) Yes. Psalms 23:5 among others.
6) Fried chicken?
Frying is mentioned ( or at least the frying pan is ) in Leviticus 2:7, as well as other means of cooking mentioned in the same chapter. :)
Chicken being in the Middle East?
Fowl in general come in different sub-species, and are found all over the world...and for thousands of years in the past.
Okra?
That's like asparagus, kale and spinach ( I like it raw, not cooked ), isn't it?...bleah.
To me, they are weeds that need flavoring to get them past the gag reflex. :Sneaky -
tyndale1946 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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I believe reclining is actually laying down on the floor being propped up with your elbow. It has nothing to do with elevated tables and chairs like we have in the West.
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Why did the Romans recline while feasting?
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My problem is not sitting or reclining but walking away.
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RighteousnessTemperance& Well-Known Member