THE MISADVENTURES OF AN ESOTERIC INVESTIGATOR

The cultural laws in Leviticus, wherein eating shellfish is an "abomination", cooking meat with milk is an "abomination", wearing clothing made from different fabric (e.g., a cotton shirt and wool pants) is an "abomination", I'm told was an effort to preserve cultural integrity among the ancient Jewish population, an effort to resist assimilation into the dominant non-Jewish culture of where they were living.