The Beka was equivalent to the half-shekel, which every person from the age of 20 years and up was required to bring to the Temple.” According to the release, the biblical shekel weighed 11.33 ...

as recounted in the Bible." Eli Escusido, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said, "The discovery of the half-shekel coin is yet another gift that the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

A biblical shekel weighed 11.33 grams. “In order to calculate the weight of these silver pieces they would put them on one side of the scales and on the other side they placed the beka weight. The ...

Archaeologists believe the so-called Tyrian Shekel would have been used by pilgrims ... Even though this type of coin is described in biblical texts, not many of these have been found.

The coin contains 32 grams of pure silver and represents three times the amount of the biblical silver half-shekel that was donated by every Jewish male to finance the daily operation of the temple.

Without fail, the archeological discoveries around Israel, and most especially the City of David, confirm the truth and accuracy of the Bible ... of a rare silver half-shekel coin from the ...

One night two decades ago, in a valley outside Jerusalem, a group of looters dug up a startling piece of ancient Jewish history: A silver quarter shekel minted more than 2,000 years ago at the ...

The word “shekel” derives from a biblical unit of weight of approximately one ounce (12 grams). The “new Israeli shekel” (NIS) introduced on January 1, 1986, is still in use, available in coin and ...