{"id":3409,"date":"2009-09-28T05:05:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T09:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2009-09-28T05:05:38","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T09:05:38","slug":"ancient-egyptian-coins-depict-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2009\/09\/ancient-egyptian-coins-depict-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Egyptian coins depict Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Jerusalem Post<\/em> reports a startling archeological discovery. Coins with Joseph\u2019s name found in Egypt <\/a>:<\/p>\n

Archeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the biblical Joseph, Cairo\u2019s Al Ahram newspaper recently reported. Excerpts provided by MEMRI show that the coins were discovered among a multitude of unsorted artifacts stored at the Museum of Egypt.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the significance of the find is that archeologists have found scientific evidence countering the claim held by some historians that coins were not used for trade in ancient Egypt, and that this was done through barter instead.<\/p>\n

The period in which Joseph was regarded to have lived in Egypt matches the minting of the coins in the cache, researchers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA thorough examination revealed that the coins bore the year in which they were minted and their value, or effigies of the pharaohs [who ruled] at the time of their minting. Some of the coins are from the time when Joseph lived in Egypt, and bear his name and portrait,\u201d said the report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Bear his PORTRAIT? So we might be able to see what a major figure in the Bible LOOKED LIKE? That would be beyond remarkable. Not to mention strong evidence for the historicity of the Genesis account.<\/p>\n

This story<\/a> says that the coins include pictures of cows and grain, as in Pharoah\u2019s dream that Joseph interpreted.<\/p>\n

I can find no published images of the coins or of Joseph\u2019s face. If anyone finds any, let us know.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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