HEROD THE GREAT – BRONZE 8 PRUTAH – JUDAEA frequently sent for Paul and

frequently sent for Paul and talked with him (Acts 24:24–26)

shipped directly from the Holy Land

lighting the candles is known as licht bentschen ("light davening") or licht tsinden ("light kindling")

The original inhabitants were the Canaanites

particularly under Emperor Diocletian (280-300)

HEROD THE GREAT – BRONZE 8 PRUTAH – JUDAEA frequently sent for Paul andDuring the rule of John Hyrcanus II (63 40 BCE), an Idumaean convert to Judaism Antipater was appointed by Julius Caesar as the de facto administrator of Judaea. Idumaeans were descendants of Esau, living in Edom, a country bordering Judaea in what is now southwest Jordan, between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Antipater chose his younger son, Herod, who was still only a boy, as governor of Galilee. When the last Hasmonean king, Antigonus