Who in the Bible is "conditionally" allowed by his non-Jewish master to become a vegetarian rather than to have to eat non-kosher food which is not available, and what is the condition?

collect

http://reannotated.blogspot.com/2005/09/of-all-meat-which-may-be-eaten-gen-91.html Daniel "Daniel's refusal to eat meat in Dan 1:8 is not due to a desire to be vegetarian so much as a desire to want to avoid "the king's meat", which may have been unkosher for numerous reasons. Unable to assure himself of a source of kosher meat, he chose not to eat meat at all." http://www.bartleby.com/108/27/1.html#S1 24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Ar'i-och, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation. 25 Then Ar'i-och brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshaz'zar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, show unto the king; http://www.bartleby.com/108/27/2.html May 07 07, 9:40 AM

Flem-ish

Quite correct. May 07 07, 12:06 PM

Arpeggionist

Well, almost. Daniel really acted as spokesman for himself and his three Judean friends (Hannaniah, Mishael and Azariah, nicknamed Shardrach, Meshach and Aved-N'go respectively). Daniel 1:12 specifies the request: "Please, try your servants for ten days..." stating that if they don't look just as healthy as the other boys after that time, then they'll go back to eating the King's meat. May 07 07, 12:17 PM