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  • From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • To: Jack Kilmon <jkilmon AT historian.net>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] nifty little tricks
  • Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:02:06 -0600

thanks for your comments.

it sounds like somethings don't change; aka the value of gold and the land
bought with it.

regards,

fred burlingame

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Jack Kilmon <jkilmon AT historian.net> wrote:

> A silver shekel was a tad more than .5 oz (about 220 grains) 50 silver
> shekels = 6 gold shekels. 50 silver shekels = 1 mina (2.5 Lb), 60 minas = 1
> talent (about 94.5 Lb). A gold talent was double the weight of a silver
> talent. Gold today is $1,400.00 an oz (Troy) making a talent of gold worth
> $3,214,800.00. Give or take a mite or two.
>
> Jack Kilmon
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "fred burlingame" <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:15 AM
> To: "George Athas" <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
> Cc: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] nifty little tricks
>
> Hello George:
>>
>> The points of the thread.
>>
>> What was the weight of the shekel in the time of the biblical hebrew
>> language? 1/2 ounce?
>>
>> Did the shekel weight of gold differ from the shekel weight of silver or
>> weight of other products at that time?
>>
>> The noun מקום . Does it mean "standing place?" And in the context of this
>> verse, does it mean the real estate or land (aka acreage) surrounding the
>> threshing floor, or continue to mean just the threshing floor itself?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> fred burlingame
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM, George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au
>> >wrote:
>>
>> This thread is quite marginal, Fred. Either make a point about the
>>> language
>>> or the literature, or we’ll have to bring it to a close.
>>>
>>> *
>>> GEORGE ATHAS
>>> *Co-Moderator, B-Hebrew
>>> (Sydney, Australia)
>>>
>>>
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