Hasmonaean Double cornucopia Coin The traditional interpretation of this

The traditional interpretation of this story tends to view it as contrasting the conduct of the scribes with that of the widow and encouraging generous giving

- **Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE)**: This phase signifies the decline of Canaanite culture and the ascendance of the Tribes of Israel and the Philistines

in the defeated Roman province of Judea

A loaf of bread was worth about 10 prutot (plural)

Some Yemenite silversmiths migrated to Israel in the late 1800s

Hasmonaean Double cornucopia Coin The traditional interpretation of thisJohn Hyrcanus ( hrkens , Ynn Hurqans; Ancient Greek: , romanized: Inns Hurkans ) was a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader and Jewish high priest of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until his death in 104 BCE). In rabbinic literature, he is often referred to as Yoanan Cohen Gadol ( ), "John the High Priest"