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Re: [b-hebrew] Tithe

From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
Cc: B Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tithe
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:00:59 +0000

On 10/03/2006 18:36, Karl Randolph wrote:

...

The widespread use of coinage postdates Tanakh. ...

Not quite. The earliest coin in widespread use was the daric, introduced by and named after Darius I of Persia, 521-486 BCE. It is mentioned in the Tanakh (Hebrew DARK:MON, 'ADARKON) in 1 Chronicles 29:7, Ezra 2:69, 8:27, Nehemiah 7:69,70,71. All but Ezra 2:69 are technically anachronistic as, apart from 1 Chronicles 29:7, they seem to date to the reign of Cyrus who preceded Darius. But presumably the author of these books restated the amounts of gold in terms of the units he or she was familiar with.

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