Corpus-Paul

["Mark Goodacre" <M.S.Goodacre AT bham.ac.uk>]

When teaching about the collection for the saints in Jerusalem 
yesterday, I began wondering how Paul actually carried the offering 
to Jerusalem?  Does anyone care to speculate?  If I remember 
correctly, Murphy O'Connor (_Paul: A Critical Life_), ever able to 
use his imagination, suggested that he sowed the money into an 
inner tunic.  Were there no other means available in the ancient 
world for transporting large amounts of money around the 
Mediterranean, banks, cheques, IOUs?

Thanks for any help
Mark
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