Nah, that doesn't cover it. Pork and Beef, for instance, are pretty similar in their longevity, but one is banned, the other ok. We now know why, but not until modern times.
It would have been pretty difficult to deduce the quarantine laws from trial and error. Read them sometime; covering food jars, burning infected clothes, moving infected people downwind, etc.
Take washing things in flowing water, not still water. For centuries people just thought that God was just being arbitrary to test the Jews faith or something, because scientists knew that there is no difference between water that is moving or still. That is, until microscopes were invented, and stagnant water was seen to have much more microbes in it.
None of this emerged from trial and error afterwards, even though the Old Testament was around. There are stories of people kissing their relatives good by before they died of the black plague in Europe, insuring it's spread for many years.
The conflict is predicted in the Bible.
Ever wonder why a place like Jerusalem is such a hot political spot? It's not because of natural resources. It's not a trade center. It hasn't any real strategic value beyond what is artificially considered for it. So, why?
Possibly because it's predicted that the third temple will be built, starting a sort of prophetic chess clock going again. Hence the 'Palestinians' (who are really just Arabs that the Saudis won't let be integrated into the rest of their country just to keep the shit storm brewing) are rabid about not letting any Jews near the temple mound. Never the less, they have the plans ready for the third temple. They even have most of the equipment made, and claim they know that the arc of the covenant will be no problem when the time comes. It's predicted that a 'covenant' will be made (a treaty) allowing them to rebuild. Care to bet your eternity that that will never happen?
Check out some of the stuff they have made. Even a breastplate!
http://www.templeinstitute.org/
Do you realize that no other nation has ever been destroyed, it's genetic people scattered, and then reformed with it's culture still mainly intact ever, back into it's historic lands, let alone after nearly two thousand years. Ever. It's unique in history, and totally predicted in the Bible.
As a matter of fact, it was seen as being so unlikely that many theories of these prophecies being symbolic in some way have sprung up. The Jehovah's Witnesses, the Mormons, Seventh day Adventists, even some Rosicrucian orders, and others. It's always some version of 'the Jews returning to Zion' as meaning their church coming up with some dogma as 'Zion' and them following it meaning 'returning to'.
It's not real surprising that when the Jews actually returned, they didn't go 'you mean it was literal? Our bad! Here's all the money back.'
Why do people think because politics was involved, that somehow negates the prophecy being correct? Jesus Christ waited until the
exact day before riding into Jerusalem on an ass, which he also arranged to fulfill the predictions about it, though people where trying to get him to do it early. Because he knew what he was doing means it's not valid? No one else showed up on the exact day.
So did Hitler. So what?
You should study prophecy sometime. Lot's of 'coincidences' to explain away, I'll tell you. The reformation of the Roman empire, communication satellites, smart weapons, world travel, even the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe is all predicted, plus lots more that hasn't happened yet, like accurate descriptions of the effects of nuclear weapons. (raining fire and brimstone for nukes, people's skin and eyes 'dissolving' while they stand on their feet for neutron weapons ) and the technical aspects of the cleanup afterwards.
