Background
Hendin, David Bruce was born on December 16, 1945 in St. Louis. Son of Aaron and Lillian (Karsh) Hendin.
(More than 450 ancient weights and pieces of pre-coinage c...)
More than 450 ancient weights and pieces of pre-coinage currency have been cataloged and described by this author of bestselling books on ancient Biblical and Judean cocins. No collection of ancient weights of this breadth and depth has ever been published in a single volume. It contains more than 100 pages of explanatory text about weights and pre-coinage currency plus the fully illustrated catalog. Hendin consolidates a great deal of relevant scholarship, with extensive references, and places it in a context most useful to non-specialists. This book is an essential reference for curators, field archaeologists, collectors, biblical historians, and others who would like to understand the evolution and use of pre-coinage currency and ancient scale weights of the Near East.
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(Third edition, first printing. Lists over 525 different c...)
Third edition, first printing. Lists over 525 different coins; ancient weights; Biblical quotations; translations; charts; drawings; and more than 900 photographs. 316 pages plus 31 pages of high quality plates. Values for the coin listed by Herbert Kreindler.
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(This is the fourth edition of the most widely used refere...)
This is the fourth edition of the most widely used reference in the field of ancient Biblical and Jewish Coins, with more than 10,000 copies already in print. It is also the most complete edition yet, listing more than 550 different coins while maintaining the same numbering system as Hendin's popular third edition. Hendin has dramatically expanded the text with extensions and significant new material. This new edition contains a full 38 pages of photographic plates illustrating more than 500 coins and weights. Aimed at both beginning and advanced collectors, Hendin compiles the knowledge he has accumulated in the 34 years since his year-long stay in Israel as a volunteer of the Six Day War. At that time his weekly trips to the markets in Jerusalem led him into one of the world's most fascinating hobbies--collecting Biblical coins--with which he has remained fascinated every since. The noted professional numismatist Herbert Kreindler has for the first time evaluated the coins in two grades for the Biblical coin series. Kreindler is also widely known as an expert in Biblical coins, and the evaluations are based upon worldwide auction and private markets of the past decade.
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(Fifth edition of the bestselling reference book in the fi...)
Fifth edition of the bestselling reference book in the field of ancient Judaean and Biblical coins appears almost 25 years after the book's first edition. Already more than 14,000 copies of various editions of Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins are in print. Hendin has fully revised and updated the fifth edition to reflect archaeological discoveries, and the work of a new generation of numismatists who specialize in this field. He has added a complete, illustrated catalog of the Judaea Capta series and a concordance to other major references. Also new to the fifth edition are numerous end notes with references and incidental commentary, a full index, an index of Latin inscriptions, and extensive new research by the author which enhances understanding for both student and scholar. New graphics and photo composites help explain and supplement the text, which is aimed at both collectors and scholars. Since his 1967 year-long stay in Israel as a volunteer of the Six Day War, Hendin has remained in constant touch with numismatists, historians and archaeologists around the world in order to gather information for his books and articles. Updated values by Herbert Kreindler.
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(All of the more than 550 coins illustrated and discussed ...)
All of the more than 550 coins illustrated and discussed in this book are Not Kosher... in other words they are forgeries, often intended to deceive unwitting collectors. David Hendin has collected and researched these neglected forgeries for more than 35 years, and now makes his diagnostic methodology and huge database of photographs available to scholars, collectors, and dealers. Hendin writes: "When apparently legitimate college professors and scholars were prepared to authenticate, as genuine, ancientJewish coins that even a beginning collector could identify as spurious, the time had come to document all those known fakes."
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consultant literary agent numismatist author
Hendin, David Bruce was born on December 16, 1945 in St. Louis. Son of Aaron and Lillian (Karsh) Hendin.
Bachelor of Science in Biology Education, University Missouri, 1967. Master of Arts in Journalism, University Missouri, 1970.
Senior vice president, editorial director, public United Feature Syndicate, Incorporated, New York York City, 1970—1993. Clinical professor off campus University Missouri School Journalism, 1971-1986. President Pharos Books, 1992-1993, DH Literary, Inc., Nyack, New York, since 1993.
Adjustment lecturer Columbia University School Journalism, 1974-1976, adjunct curator, American Numismatic Society, since 2010, American. Numismatist Joint Sepphoris Excavation, 1985-1988.
(More than 450 ancient weights and pieces of pre-coinage c...)
(This is the fourth edition of the most widely used refere...)
(Fifth edition of the bestselling reference book in the fi...)
(All of the more than 550 coins illustrated and discussed ...)
(New stock fresh shelf with dustcover.)
(Third edition, first printing. Lists over 525 different c...)
(134 pp. with numerous woodcut figs. & 9 photographic plat...)
Board director Holyland Conservation Fund, 1973-1983. Vice president Council Advancement of Science Writing, 1975-1984. Trustee Scripps-Howard Foundation, 1978-1987, Kinsey Institute, 1985-1992, Museum Cartoon Art, 1986-1992.
Chairman numismatic committee The Jewish Museum, 1980-1985. Member advisory committee School Journalims, University Florida, 1991-1997. Director American Friends of Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem.
Fellow: American Numismatic Society (life). Member: Council for Advancement of Science Writing, Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (treasurer 2003-2009), American-Israel Numismatic Association (vice president 1979-1985), Sigma Alpha Mu, Kappa Tau Alpha.
Married Jeannie Luciano, October 4, 1985. Children: Sarah Tsvia, Benjamin Judah, Alexander Jacob.