2006-06-27 16:48:15 · 8 answers · asked by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Hebrews probably first used coins in the Persian period (500-350 B.C.). However, minting began around 700 B.C. in other nations. Prior to this precious metals were weighed, not counted as money.
Some units appear as both measures of money and measures of weights. This comes from naming the coins after their weight. For example, the shekel was a weight long before it became a coin.
It is helpful to relate biblical monies to current values. But we cannot make exact equivalents. The fluctuating value of money's purchasing power is difficult to determine in our own day. It is even harder to evaluate currencies used two- to three thousand years ago. Have a look at the chart on the website pasted below.
2006-06-27 17:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hmmmm...i think it was a potato, change 3 rounds of potato for a david's slingshot....bartered 5 sacks of potato for a pirated 10 commandments stone tablets.
2006-06-27 23:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by RENCE V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lie
2006-06-27 23:51:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a barter system.Ya know, 'Okay, you can have my daughter for 3 goats and a donkey.'
2006-06-27 23:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by Frau Blücher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might as well be AIR..that book is full of the HOT kinds.
2006-06-27 23:50:11 · answer #5 · answered by Black 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shekel. but they bartered amongst other nations.
2006-06-27 23:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by brainlessbandit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they bartered.
2006-06-27 23:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by Lion's Blessing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for Israel... it was the sheckel
2006-06-27 23:50:51 · answer #8 · answered by blkrose65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋