How the Biblical Diet Was Anything But Dull

Barley, goats’ milk, pomegranates, almonds . . . it sounds like the newest health food craze—and with good reason. The diet of most people in Holy Land during the biblical times was low in fat, high in fiber, and rich in what we now know to be antioxidants.

Historical sources tell us that Jews of the first century—no doubt including Jesus and his disciples—broke their fast in the morning with stone ground bread, perhaps dipped in goat’s milk, or with a handful of fruit. Lunch was another round...