That would be on your end. As far as their lifestyles were concerned, the Israelites knew about genetics, in terms of how to raise livestock and maximize their crops. As for bacteria, there's a reason the Israelites had the Levitical health laws, too: TO MIMIMIZE sickness and disease. By adhering to those practices and avoiding those, done by some of their neighbors, they avoided pestilence and lived healthy and vital lives.
Also, the Bible has always harmonized with true science. The theory that the earth was a body in space and traveled around the sun was offered by Nicholaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Yet some 3,000 years before Copernicus’ time, the Bible showed that the earth was a body in space: “He stretcheth out the north over empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” Magellan (1480-1521) proved the earth was round when he sailed around the world. But some 2,200 years before Magellan’s time the Bible showed the earth was round by speaking of God as “he that sitteth above the circle of the earth.” (Job 26:7; Isa. 40:22).
The Bible and archaeology? Perfect agreement. The Bible says man was created perfect, that, because of Adam’s sin, he degenerated, not evolved upward. Archaeology has found the Bible modern, the evolutionists old fogies. Said one authority:
“The culture of Egypt starts on a magnificently high level and is later reduced to a tremendous degree by a consistent record of degeneration.” Of the jewelry and metal work of Egypt’s twelfth dynasty, a modern encyclopedia says: “European goldsmiths have rarely surpassed this work.”
The Bible and chemistry? Agreement again. The Bible speaks of gold and glass. It tells of acid-base reactions: “As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.” It speaks of the source of iron and copper: “Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.” (Prov. 25:20; Job 28:2).
The Bible and zoology? Accurate knowledge of animal habits is shown by the Bible. Even in the nineteenth century men often asserted that birds of prey hunted by smell.
Audubon, with experiments, proved they hunted by sight. But Bible readers never needed
Audubon’s experiments to know the truth, for Job 39:29 says of the bird of prey: “He searcheth out food, far away his eyes do pierce.”
The Bible and health? Here the Bible is more modern than many moderns. For it does not advise early retirement, a life of ease, laziness or idleness. The Bible recommends hard work. Just in the past few years doctors are awaking to the need of work, the danger of easy living and rest. Science Digest for November, 1954, reported on the words of
Dr. W. Melville Arnott, professor of medicine in the University of Birmingham, England: “Work, even hard work, is good for a person---while rest may be damaging. None of the known effects of work,
Dr. Arnott states, can harm healthy tissues. On the contrary, all the effects are good. Rest, on the other hand, can produce profound and damaging changes.” So the Bible’s advice, both spiritually and physically, holds true: “Sloth brings the sleep that has no awaking.” (Prov. 19:15).
The Bible and disease? Some 3,000 years before modern knowledge of causes of disease, the Bible contained a prohibition on eating pig, rabbit and fish, which, respectively, are subject to trichinosis, tularemia and tapeworm.
Likewise the principle of quarantine for certain diseases is recognized by the Bible.
The Bible and medicine? Still modern! But how modern is the twentieth century’s superstitious cures, its quack cures? Here's what one doctor said: “It is very surprising to me that the Bible is so accurate from the medical standpoint. Where treatment is mentioned, as for boils, wounds, etc., it is correct even by modern standards.
Also in the present day, $750,000,000 [give and take], are wasted annually on worthless medicines and methods of treatment. Many superstitions are still believed by large numbers of people, such as, that a buckeye in the pocket will prevent rheumatism; that handling toads will cause warts; that wearing red flannel around the neck will cure a sore throat; that an asafetida bag will prevent diseases; that every time a child is sick it has worms; etc., but no such statements are found in the Bible.”
(The Physician Examines the Bible, by C. Raimer Smith.)So then, the Bible contains alot of info when studied sincerely. Accurate and ahead of the times when the info was written.
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