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"The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig, "1987 book by Marvin Harris about meat taboos: https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

2015 paper about how chicken may have supplanted pork in ancient Middle Eastern diets (not free): https://link.springer.com/article/10....

2015 paper showing that pig-eating persisted among ancient Israelites, particularly those in the Northern Kingdom: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...