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A wineskin is an ancient type of bottle made of leathered animal skin, usually from
The Gospel of Luke
', Eerdmans, 1997, , pp. 248-250.
A wineskin is an ancient type of bottle made of leathered animal skin, usually from goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the ...
s or sheep
Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to d ...
, used to store or transport wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
.
History
Its first mentions come fromAncient Greece
Ancient Greece () was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically r ...
, where, in the parties called Bacchanalia
The Bacchanalia were unofficial, privately funded popular Roman festivals of Bacchus, based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. They were almost certainly associated with Rome's native cult of Liber, and probably arrived in R ...
, dedicated to the god Bacchus
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ) by the Gre ...
by the vintage of this drink, the sacrifice of the goat was offered, following which the wineskin could be made that would conserve the wine.
New Wine into Old Wineskins is a parable of Jesus. It is found at , and . Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke
', Eerdmans, 1997, , pp. 248-250.
See also
* Ancient Greece and wine * Food history * Bota bag * WaterskinReferences
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