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As with many ancient units, the shekel had a variety of values depending on the era, government and region; weights between 7 [6] and 17 grams and values of 11, [7] 14, and 17 grams are common. A two-shekel weight recently recovered near the temple area in Jerusalem and dated to the period of the First Temple weighs 23 grams, [ 8 ] giving a weight of 11.5 grams per shekel in Israel during the ...
Jan 14, 2024 · The shekel was an ancient unit of weight used throughout the Middle East. The earliest evidence of the shekel dates back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, where it was used as a unit of currency and exchange. In Mesopotamia, archaeological evidence shows the shekel weight system was in use by the Akkadian Empire around ...
Sep 29, 2023 · The shekel as a unit of weight. In ancient times, the shekel was primarily used as a unit of weight. It was a common measurement for precious metals such as gold, silver, and bronze. The shekel was used to determine the value and purity of these metals, making it an important tool for trade and commerce. For example, when purchasing goods or ...
Deferred payment—using credit cards and checks instead of currency and coin—is a modern invention. But people have been using money, whether paper or metal, for a very long time. 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 […]
In establishing the value of the shekel there is an additional complication in that the Bible mentions at least three kinds of shekels: in Genesis 23:16, a shekel of silver "at the going merchant's rate [over la-socher]; in Exodus 30:13, "shekel by the sanctuary weight [ha-kodesh]"; and in II Samuel 14:26, "shekels by the king's stone [b'even ha-melech]," that is, shekels stamped by the royal ...
Oct 16, 2017 · In the ancient empires of Egypt, Babylon, India and China, the temples and palaces often had commodity warehouses which issued certificates of deposit as evidence of a claim upon a portion of the goods stored in the warehouses, a form of ‘representative money.” Ancient Egypt and Babylon used representative money.
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Chapter 14 of The Bridge to the New Testament describes many of the different types of money used in inter-testament and New Testament times. We discuss the history of the money used by the Jews, the different denominations of ancient money, the debasement of money, conversions among the various monetary systems of the time, how money was used in the New Testament, and the appearance of ...
