Passages in the [[Gospel of Mark]] and [[Gospel of Luke]] recount disciples eating ears of corn on the [[Sabbath]]. "Corn" and the [[Greek]] word for it is broader than [[maize]] and could have included grain, but ears of corn can be more attractive than ears of grain. Throughout the 20th century historians taught that maize originated only in [[North America]] and was only brought to [[Europe]] by explorers such as [[Christopher Columbus]]. “George Beadle wrote in a 1980 Scientific American article, 'the development of corn by the Indians remains man’s more remarkable plant-breeding achievement.'” | Passages in the [[Gospel of Mark]] and [[Gospel of Luke]] recount disciples eating ears of corn on the [[Sabbath]]. "Corn" and the [[Greek]] word for it is broader than [[maize]] and could have included grain, but ears of corn can be more attractive than ears of grain. Throughout the 20th century historians taught that maize originated only in [[North America]] and was only brought to [[Europe]] by explorers such as [[Christopher Columbus]]. “George Beadle wrote in a 1980 Scientific American article, 'the development of corn by the Indians remains man’s more remarkable plant-breeding achievement.'” |