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To: Pollster1; Ditter; Tax-chick

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Greek-shmeek!

The garment worn by Yeshua was a Talit.

A Talit is sort of like a thin carpet with a hole for the head.

They had “fringes” attached to the corners.

That fringe was what the “woman with an issue of blood” touched to be healed.
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57 posted on 10/12/2015 3:28:52 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
The garment worn by Yeshua was a Talit. That fringe was what the “woman with an issue of blood” touched to be healed.

What evidence have you seen for this (it does not match what I have read, but I am interested)? The Greek word (pardon me, but I think what we know of the original text matters) for the garment is "chitona" and then "chiton", which is normally translated as 'coat'.

I would guess that Jesus wore more or less:

a linen undershirt, the "haluk";
a tunic over the haluk;
a linen girdle around the waist;
sandals made of untanned leather (perhaps leather boots in the winter);
and an upper garment, probably made of white wool, with a blue thread in the garment and tassels at the corners, which may have been a Talit or similar but probably would not have been referred to as a 'chiton'.
He may, perhaps, have worn a head covering, with a woolen circlet to hold it in place, particularly in the summer;
or a thick woolen "himation" as a coat for warmth in the winter.

As I understand the words and First Century clothing, the tunic or the himation are the most likely items to have been referred to as a 'chiton'. Both practical items would have been valued by Roman soldiers far more than the more symbolic Talit (prayer shawl) would.

70 posted on 10/12/2015 4:20:19 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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