Both the Hebrew Bible and extrabiblical literature consider food and drink to be gifts from the deity to be enjoyed by human beings, especially when they live according to the divine laws and in moderation. When it comes to extrabiblical early Jewish texts about the meal in the World to Come, one notices a curious detail: while the World to Come is portrayed as being one of utter abundance and joy, none of the texts actually describe the righteous as drinking. References to drinking natural water, fruit being turned into drink, or any other possibility for the human consumption of liquids are simply absent from these texts. How is this to be explained? This article investigates the possible reasons for the conscious or subconscious omission of a function of the human body that is most common to all human beings.

希伯来圣经和圣经外的文学作品都将食物和饮料视为人类所享有的神灵的礼物，特别是当它们按照神圣的律法和节制地生活时。当涉及到《未来世界》中有关膳食的早期圣经犹太文字时，有人注意到一个奇怪的细节：虽然《世界未来》被描绘为是一种充实而欢乐的文字，但没有任何文献实际将义人描述为饮酒。这些文本中根本没有提到饮用天然水，将水果变成饮料或任何其他人类食用液体的可能性。如何解释？本文研究了有意识或无意识地遗忘了人类最普遍的人体功能的可能原因。