251645350 A First Temple Weight is Discovered and How Money is Used as Propaganda - The Artifact Podcast

Episode 2

#2 "That's heavy, Doc" on Weights, Money, Beauty, and Propaganda

In Episode 2 of the Artifact Podcast, we look at a recent archaeological find, a two-shekel weight from the First Temple period, found a stone's throw from where Nachliel grew up in the Old City of Jerusalem. This gets us talking about weights and measures, money and reputation, barter vs. currency vs. Trobriand Island economics, a Greek temple near Troy, Alexander the Great, Abraham, Jacob, beauty, counterfeiting, and propaganda.

Thank you to everyone who has been supporting the podcast by subscribing, giving us 5-star ratings, writing glowing reviews, sharing the podcast far and wide, and donating (please now use Patreon http://patreon.com/artifactpodcast). We have amazing things planned, and you are making it possible for us to continue producing the podcast. If you haven't yet, we hope you do. But most importantly of all, thank you very much for joining us on these wild adventures into history, ideas, and existential mystery.

If you are a podcaster and you'd like to interview Nachliel or me, please get in touch. In fact, if you're anyone who'd like to get in touch, please get in touch. Our website is ArtifactPodcast.com; you can drop Meir-Simchah an email at meirsimchah at gmail dot com; you can find us on Twitter: Meir-Simchah = @MeirSimchah, Nachliel = @MuseumToursIL; Nachliel does that Instagram thing, again @MuseumToursIL; and we're both on Facebook where we have a page for the podcast intuitively named 'Artifact Podcast' (https://www.facebook.com/ArtifactPodcast). We hashtag our posts about the Artifact Podcast with #ArtifactPodcast, and so can you (hint, hint).

You can check out Nachliel's podcasts on the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) at https://www.tanachstudy.com/parasha-plus-study and https://app.tanachstudy.com/parasha-plus-study/sefarim/archaeology/bereshit. You can catch Meir-Simchah's podcast for Christians on the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) at TwoChristiansAndAJew.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Nachliel Selavan

I’m a museum and history buff and an artistic and creative educator. I grew up in the Old City of Jerusalem hopping from rooftop to rooftop, scavenging archaeological sites, encountering many a King David with Jerusalem syndrome, and meeting tourists from around the world; and now I’ve become an educator who brings history to life through sharing my experiences.

I just completed a year of podcasting on the Torah portion with the Parasha Study Plus podcast; I did the series Archaeology on the Parasha for TanachStudy.com (https://app.tanachstudy.com/parasha-plus-study/sefarim/archaeology/bemidbar). I also host a YouTube series Sefer Study - Archaeology Snapshot (https://www.youtube.com/c/MuseumToursIL/videos). Life is fun and busy, and if you like what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life!
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Meir-Simchah Panzer

I'm a perpetual student with eclectic interests - languages and linguistics, neuroscience and philosophy, mathematics and music. I grew up in northern Virginia, went to Brandeis University, took a long walk on the Appalachian Trail, found my way to Jerusalem. I met Nachliel on Shabbat, at a kiddush in the Old City, around the corner from where he grew up. We've been friends ever since.

I also co-host 'Two Christians and a Jew', a podcast where we explore how Christians and Jews read the Hebrew Scriptures differently and what difference it makes for our lives. Previously I co-hosted 'Holy Madness - The Show'.