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<p>[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 4707066, member: 75482"]Regarding the "tribute penny" controversy, it might be helpful to note that the Gospel of Mark, the source of the pericope, is believed to have been written in Italy a couple of generations after the events described. Although writing in Greek, the evangelist regularly uses Latinate names for coins. He is writing for his own community in terms that will be understood by them. According to the gospel, the coin is explicitly a "denarius" with the portrait and name of "Caesar". Some argue that a denarius can not possibly be correct because denarii are not known to have circulated in Palestine in that era. I think that this argument misses the point, however. The "tribute penny" that matters, it seems to me, is the one in the mind of the evangelist, historically accurate or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 4707066, member: 75482"]Regarding the "tribute penny" controversy, it might be helpful to note that the Gospel of Mark, the source of the pericope, is believed to have been written in Italy a couple of generations after the events described. Although writing in Greek, the evangelist regularly uses Latinate names for coins. He is writing for his own community in terms that will be understood by them. According to the gospel, the coin is explicitly a "denarius" with the portrait and name of "Caesar". Some argue that a denarius can not possibly be correct because denarii are not known to have circulated in Palestine in that era. I think that this argument misses the point, however. The "tribute penny" that matters, it seems to me, is the one in the mind of the evangelist, historically accurate or not.[/QUOTE]
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