has been invoked to explain both the refusal of the hero of the book of Daniel and his companions to eat the King's food or drink his wine ( Dan. 1:5-16) and the vegetarian diet of priests undertaking a mission to Rome ( Josephus, Life, 14). ____________________ 6 Segal, Paul the Convert, 228-36. -257- Jews living in Gentile cities could perhaps have resorted to bread, water, and other vegetable f