Wholesale Biblical Soap with Dead Sea Mud and Essential Oils

Biblical is an amazing historically inspired soap. This one is special in so many ways, and besides smelling amazing, it has roots in ancient history! The ancient Middle East has a rich tradition of soap making. Soap-like material found in clay cylinders during the excavation of ancient Babylon is evidence that soap making was known as early as 2800 B.C. Inscriptions on the cylinders say that fats were boiled with ashes, a soap-making method that I use to this day! Moses gave the Israelites detailed laws governing personal cleanliness. Biblical accounts suggest that the Israelites knew that mixing ashes and oil produced a kind of gel that could be used on hair. Soap is mentioned twice in the Bible, but it is generally agreed that the Hebrew word “borith,” which has been translated as soap, is a generic term for any cleansing agent made from wood or vegetable ashes. What woods did they use? While no direct recipe exists, what I use would be well known to the ancient Israelites and most definitely were readily available to them. Here’s what I used: Cedarwood oil was well known to the ancient peoples of the Middle East. It had many uses. This soap also contains mud from the Dead Sea. Dead Sea mud is some of the most mineral-rich mud on Earth, containing a total of 21 minerals! The list of minerals includes sodium, magnesium, calcium, bromine, iodine, zinc, bitumen, sulfur, and potassium. Biblical also contains the famous Frankincense. Frankincense is mentioned in the Bible as one of the three gifts to the baby Jesus by the Three Wise Men. We strictly cannot make any medical claims on Etsy, so I encourage you to research the benefits of Frankincense. Finally, I add orange. The locally grown oranges I use smell fantastic! No soap from ancient Israel would be complete without olive oil, so I make this with 100% organically grown virgin food grade olive oil imported from Italy. Yup, this is truly a soap of biblical proportions. And yes...it's all kosher.