Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 05 Nov 2007
Exploitation and Uses of Metals in Ancient Israel According to Biblical Sources and Commentaries
Exploitation and Uses of Metals in Ancient Israel According to Biblical Sources and Commentaries
Page Range: 43 – 50
Many verses of the Old Testament contain references to metals, their places of origin, their manufacture, their trading and their uses, both in cult and in everyday life. These verses appear to represent what was common knowledge at those times about gold, silver, copper, tin, lead and various alloys, and the roles they played in the economy and in some rituals. A review is presented of these references and their translations, as well as of the comments by various classical and widely-studied Bible commentators.
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