Very interesting, and as you say, suspiciously well preserved. Still, it
does not seem to be an exact replica of any well-known coin type. From
available web images, it is very similar to the "sela" silver tetradrachm
from year 3 of the Bar Kokhba revolt, with the Temple facade on one side
with th
Dexter Garnier asked:
> Greetings to the Orion list,
>
> I am a retired mailman living in San Francisco, CA, and have been an Orion
> List reader for a few years. Recently I obtained what appears to be an old
> Jewish coin. Looking at Meshorer _Jewish Coins of the Second Temple Period_
> the coi
TO THE ORION PANEL ON PROPHECY
Dierk van den Berg's comment is very interesting. Also
Barbara Leger's. However, I consider that prophecy, as
it appears in the Tanakh diverts a bit from our common
understood term.
According to what I have found, prophecy seems more a
kind of "decree" from the wis
