Prop: pig bones

In my hand, I am holding pig bones. Now this may be nothing special to any of you who love pork!

But pig bones mean everything to an archaeologist on a site in Israel today.

Why?

Because pig bones are only found in areas where non-Jewish practices were going on. Finding lots of pig bones in a certain town would indicate the presence of Greeks, Romans, or Philistines, depending on where you were digging.

But NEVER Jews. Because Jews never eat pork.

For example, a recent excavation in a part of Sepphoris indicated that there were a multitude of clay purification jars, and absolutely no pig bones. That tells archaeologists that this was most likely a Jewish settlement.

The Jewish people followed the rules set down in the scripture of Leviticus. According to the scriptur…