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FW: FW: Re: How did Paul take the collection to Jerusalem?

From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: FW: FW: Re: How did Paul take the collection to Jerusalem?
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:26:22 -0500

I posed the query to Alan Stahl, a friend, a numismatist, and historian.
He said:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Stahl [mailto:amstahl AT umich.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 2:09 PM
> To: Liz Fried
> Subject: Re: FW: [corpus-paul] Re: How did Paul take the collection to
> Jerusalem?
>
>
> Liz
>
> I'm afraid I don't have much to say about banking facilities in
> the ancient
> world; it is a controversial topic for commercial sites like
> Athens and then
> Rome, and the possible use of the Temple as a banking
> establishment is certainly
> the subject of much specialized discussion. I don't see what the
> problem would
> be with Paul carrying money on his person; gold coins were
> available and would
> have transmitted a large amount of wealth (by the standards of
> the Primitive
> Church) in a relatively light and compact form.
>
> Alan

Re: How did Paul take the collection to Jerusalem?, Mark D. Nanos, 02/15/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: How did Paul take the collection to Jerusalem?, Jack Kilmon, 02/15/2001
- Re: How did Paul take the collection to Jerusalem?, David C. Hindley, 02/15/2001
- FW: FW: Re: How did Paul take the collection to Jerusalem?, Liz Fried, 02/15/2001
- Re: How did Paul take the collection to Jerusalem?, Peter M. Head, 02/16/2001