Re: an ephah of barley

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Subject: Re: an ephah of barley
From: T.C.Eskenazi (teskenazi@huc.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 13 2009 - 18:28:49 EST 

Many thanks!

TCE
On Nov 13, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Philip C. Schmitz wrote:

> According to the table of weights and measures in my Oxford  
> Annotated Bible, and 'ephah is 3 seahs, or 20.878 U.S. quarts.  
> That's a good measure, I should think.
>
> Philip C. Schmitz
> Professor of History
> Department of History and Philosophy
> Eastern Michigan University
> Ypsilanti, MI 48197 USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T.C.Eskenazi" <teskenazi@huc.edu>
> To: "First Century Judaism Discussion Forum" <ioudaios-l@Lehigh.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:26:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada  
> Eastern
> Subject: an ephah of barley
>
> Dear All,
>
> Does anyone know approximately how much food per diem does an ephah of
> barley provides?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
> Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
> Los Angeles Campus

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