And, then we have to factor in inflation. D. -----Original Message----- From: James R. Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 20, 2001 12:04 Subject: [USMA:15740] Re: Milk churn
>According to the notes in my NIV Study Bible (International Version), >the "thirty silver coins" referred to in Matthew 26:14 and subsequently >were equivalent to 120 denarii, which would be four denarii per silver >coin. The footnote also states that workers typically received one >denarius for a day's work. > >That the priests would have accepted them into the treasury, had they >not been "blood money", indicates to me that the "silver coins" were >probably Jewish in origin and not Roman. My Webster's Ninth Collegiate >states that a shekel was the equivalent of about 252 grains Troy (sic). >A grain (the same in Troy as in Avoirdupois systems of weights) is >defined in the U.S. as being 64.798 91 mg exactly. That would make a >shekel equal to 16.33 g. (But see the table below.) Further, Webster's >indicates that a shekel was a gold or silver Hebrew coin weighing one >shekel. That would make a silver shekel about the size and mass of about >2 to 3 U.S. nickels. I can imagine that being the salary for four day's >work in those times. Perhaps the coins spoken of in Mathew were silver >shekels. > >In an appendix in the back of this Bible, a table gives the following >information for weights: >talent 60 minas 75 pounds 34 kilograms >mina 50 shekels 1-1/4 pounds 0.6 kilogram >shekel 2 bekas 2/5 ounce 11.5 grams >pim 2/3 shekel 1/3 ounce 7.6 grams >beka 10 gerahs 1/5 ounce 5.5 grams >gerah 1/50 ounce 0.6 gram >Interesting how the math doesn't quite work out for the pim in terms of >ounces. A disclaimer disavows any pretense at being mathematically >precise, especially as these were ancient units of measurement (as cited >above) and probably varied through the ages and lands anyway. > >kilopascal wrote: >> >> 2001-10-22 >> >> I went to a Catholic School and we were taught that it was "30 PIECES of >> Silver". I'm sure they thought no one would have a clue as to what a >> shekel was, so they "converted" it to pieces. I don't anyone has a clue as >> to what a piece is. I used to imagine it to be a silver coin. >> >> John >.... > >-- >Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" >James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ >10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 >
