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Additionally, the word zuz, which in modern Hebrew means move, appears as a term for money (literally, coin) in the Talmud. This hints at a crucial lesson: Money does not stay with any one person for very long; rather, it moves from one pocket to the next.
- Mendel Kalmenson
Treasure. The English word "treasure" has in the Old Testament at least five somewhat distinct meanings as expressed in the words: "treasure," genaz (Aramaic) or genez (Hebrew), usually meaning "the thing stored"; translated "treasures" in Ezra 6:1, but in 5:17 and 7:20 translated "treasure-house": "search made in the king's treasure-house."
The Hebrew Bible mentions many different monetary denominations, and archaeologists frequently find coins and weights at dig sites. For centuries, ancient peoples exchanged goods by bartering or by weighing out precious metals or jewels as payment for purchases.
- The Hasmonean Coinage
- The Coinage of The Herodian Dynasty
- The Coinage of The Jewish War
- The Coinage of The Bar Kokhba War
The consecutive history of ancient Jewish coinage begins after the establishment of the independent Hasmonean dynasty in the 2nd century B.C.E. The bulk of Hasmonean coins were of the small bronze denomination, namely the perutah or dilepton. In accordance with the Second Commandment no likeness of living beings, men or animals, are found on them. ...
(37 B.C.E.–C. 95 C.E.). The coins of Herod the Great (37–4 B.C.E.), all of bronze as those of his successors, can be divided into two groups: those which are dated and those which are not. The dated coins all bear the same date, the year three. As Herod no doubt reckoned his reign from his appointment as king of Judea by the Romans in 40 B.C.E. and...
By the time the Jewish War broke out, the Tyrian mint had ceased to issue silver shekels but shekels were needed by every Jewish adult male for the payment of the annual Temple tax of a half-shekel (Ex. 30:11ff.; II Kings 12:5ff.). This reason and the resolve of the Jewish authorities to demonstrate their sovereignty over their own country led to t...
During this war the last Jewish coin series in antiquity was issued. Bar Kokhba became the head of the Jewish community, and the bulk of the coins issued bear the name Simeon and eventually his title "prince of Israel." However, other coins exist from that period which bear the name of one "Eleazar the Priest" or simply that of "Jerusalem" as the m...
The Hebrew text is a register of 64 deposits of buried treasure supposed to be hidden in and around Qumran (in an area extending from Hebron to Mt. Gerizim). The objects listed include a silver chest, ingots of gold and silver, jars of all shapes and sizes, bowls, perfumes, and perhaps, vestments.
A treasury is any place where the currency or items of high monetary value are kept.
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Pronunciation: oh-tsar. Phonetic Spelling: (o-tsaw') Definition: Treasure, storehouse, treasury. Meaning: a depository. Word Origin: Derived from the root אָצַר (atsar), meaning "to store up" or "to treasure."
