The Greek system was adopted in Hellenistic Judaism and had been in use in Greece since about the 5th century BCE.Stephen Chrisomalis, Numerical Notation: A Comparative History, Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 157; Solomon Gandz, Hebrew Numerals, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research Vol. 4, (1932 - 1933), pp. 53-112.
The Greek system was adopted in Hellenistic Judaism and had been in use in Greece since about the 5th century BCE.Stephen Chrisomalis, Numerical Notation: A Comparative History, Cambridge University Press, 2010, p 157; Solomon Gandz, Hebrew Numerals, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research Vol. 4, (1932 - 1933), pp. 53-112.