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Vesture of the people in biblical times

The clothing of the people in biblical times was made from wool, linen, animal skins, and perhaps silk. About events in the Old and New Testament take place in ancient Israel, and thus virtually biblical wear is ancient Hebrew article of clothing. They wore underwear and cloth skirts.

Complete descriptions of the styles of dress amid the people of the Bible is impossible considering the material at hand is insufficient.^[1] Assyrian and Egyptian artists portrayed what is believed to exist the clothing of the fourth dimension, only in that location are few depictions of Israelite garb. 1 of the few available sources on Israelite clothing is the Bible.^[ii]

Israelite men [edit]

The clothing of earliest of Hebrews, such every bit Abraham, Sarah, and Joseph, may have been like that of these nigh contemporaneous Western Asiatics, shown with an outer garment every bit a wrap that leaves one shoulder and both arms complimentary.^[iii] It is an Egyptian delineation from the tomb of 12th dynasty official Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan, circa 1900 BC.

Undergarments [edit]

'ezor, ḥagor

The earliest and nearly bones garment was the 'ezor ( ay-ZOR , all pronunciations are approximate)^[four] or ḥagor ( khə-GOR ),^[5] an apron around the hips or loins,^[3] that in primitive times was made from the skins of animals.^[i] It was a simple piece of cloth worn in various modifications, just always worn side by side to the skin.^[3] Priests wore an 'ezor of linen known as a 'ephodh.^[three] If worn for mourning, it was called a saḳ.^[three]

When garments were held together by a belt or girdle, the cloth was likewise called an 'ezor or ḥagor.^[1]

kethōneth

The 'ezor afterward became displaced among the Hebrews by the kethōneth ( ket-AW-net,^[seven] translated into Greek as chitōn ^[viii]) an under-tunic,^{[1] [3]} corresponding near nearly to our long shirt.^[8] The kethōneth appears in Assyrian art as a tight-fitting undergarment, sometimes reaching only to the knee joint, sometimes to the ankle.^[3] In its early form the kethōneth was without sleeves and even left the left shoulder uncovered.^[ix] In time men of leisure wore kethōneth with sleeves.^[9] In afterward times, anyone dressed only in the kethōneth was described every bit naked^[ane] (1Samuel 19:24, Isaiah 20:2, 2Kings 6:30, John 21:seven); deprived of it he would be admittedly naked.

sādhı̄n

The well-off might also wear a ṣādhı̄n ( sah-DEEN )^[ten] nether the kethōneth. This rather long nether garment had sleeves^[8] and was of fine linen.^[3]

Outer garments [edit]

simlāh

The simlāh ( שִׂמְלָה sim-LAH ),^{[11] [12]} was the heavy outer garment or shawl of various forms.^[three] Information technology consisted of a large rectangular piece of rough, heavy woolen material, crudely sewed together and then that the front was unstitched and with two openings left for the arms.^{[1] [three]} Flax is another possible material.^[1] It is translated into Koine Greek as "himation" (ἱμάτιον, howdy-MAT-ee-on),^[13] and the ISBE concludes that it "closely resembled, if it was not identical with, the himation of the Greeks."^[eight]

In the day it was protection from rain and common cold, and at dark when traveling Israelites could wrap themselves in this garment for warmth on their journeying to Temple for the feast three times a year. They are required to get together from effectually the globe to his holy land as scripture says in Deuteronomy 16:16.^{[one] [3]} (run across Deuteronomy 24:xiii). The forepart of the simlāh also could be arranged in wide folds (see Exodus four:6) and all kinds of products could be carried in information technology^{[ane] [3]} (See 2Kings 4:39, Exodus 12:34).

Every respectable man by and large wore the simlāh over the kethōneth (Meet Isaiah 20:2–3), but since the simlāh hindered work, it was either left home or removed when working.^{[1] [3]} (See Matthew 24:18). From this simple detail of the common people developed the richly ornamented curtain of the well-off, which reached from the cervix to the knees and had brusk sleeves.^[3]

The modern abaya, similar to the biblical me'īl, worn with a keffiyeh head dress.

me'īl

The me'īl ( mə-EEL ,^[14] translated into Greek equally stolḗ ^{[15] [viii]}) stands for a variety of garments worn over the undergarment like a cloak^[ane] (1Samuel two:19, 1Samuel 15:27), only used merely by men of rank or of the priestly order^[eight] (Mark 12:38, Luke xx:46, Luke 15:22). The me'ı̄l was a costly wrap (1Samuel 2:19, 1Samuel 18:4, 1Samuel 24:5, 1Samuel 24:xi) and the description of the priest's me'ı̄l was like to the sleeveless abaya^[3] (Exodus 28:31; Antiquities, 3. 7. four). This, like the me'ı̄l of the high priest, may accept reached but to the knees, but information technology is ordinarily supposed to take been a long-sleeved garment made of a light material.^[1]

'addereth, ma'aṭafah

At a later period the nobles wore over the simlāh, or in place of it, a wide, many-folded mantle of state (adderet, ə-DERR-et ^[16] or ma'aṭafah) fabricated of rich material (See Isaiah iii:22), imported from Babylon (Joshua 7:21).^[1] The leather garment worn by the prophets was called by the aforementioned name because of its width.^[3]

Religious accessories [edit]

ṣiṣit

The Torah allowable that Israelites clothing tassels or fringes (ṣiṣit, tsee-TSEET ^[17]) attached to the corners of garments (encounter Deuteronomy 22:12, Numbers xv:38–39).^[1] Numbers 15:39 records that the tassels were to serve as reminders to keep the Lord's commandments.

tefillin

Phylacteries or tefillin (Hebrew: תְּפִלִּין) are boxes containing biblical verses attached to the forehead and arm by leather straps,^[eighteen] and were in use by New Testament times (see Matthew 23:five).

Headwear [edit]

Depictions show some Hebrews and Syrians bareheaded or wearing simply a band to concur the hair together.^[3] Hebrew people undoubtedly also wore head coverings similar to the modern keffiyeh, a large square piece of woolen cloth folded diagonally in half into a triangle.^[3] The fold is worn across the forehead, with the keffiyeh loosely draped effectually the back and shoulders, oftentimes held in place by a cord circlet. Men and women of the upper classes wore a kind of turban, material wound about the head. The shape varied profoundly.^[three]

Footwear [edit]

na'alayim

Sandals (na'alayim) of leather were worn to protect the feet from burning sand and dampness.^[1] Sandals might too exist of forest, with leather straps (Genesis 14:23, Isaiah five:27).^[iii] Sandals were non worn in the house nor in the sanctuary^{[1] [3]} (see (Exodus iii:5), Joshua 5:15). To walk about without sandals was otherwise a sign of great poverty (Deuteronomy 25:9) or of mourning (2Samuel 15:xxx, Ezekiel 24:17,23).^{[1] [3]}

Israelite priests [edit]

The Torah provided for specific vestments to be worn by the priests when ministering. These unique vestments prescribed for Israelite priests when budgeted altars or entering sanctuaries underwrote their condition as privileged intermediaries between God and humanity.^[19]

These garments are described in detail in Exodus 28:1, Exodus 39:1, and Leviticus viii:one. All priests would government minister barefoot in the temple.

The Priest

Those vestments which were mutual to all priests were:

• Priestly undergarments (Hebrew michnasayim), breeches: linen pants reaching from the waist to the knees (Exodus 28:42).
• Priestly tunic (Hebrew ketonet), tunic: made of pure linen, roofing the entire trunk from the cervix to the anxiety, with sleeves reaching to the wrists. Those of the priests were plain (Exodus 28:40), while that of the High Priest was embroidered (Exodus 28:39).
• Priestly sash (Hebrew avnet) (lit. "girdle"): Those worn by the priests were of white twined linen, while that of the High Priest was of fine linen with embroidered work in blueish and purple and scarlet (Exodus 28:39 Exodus 39:29). Josephus (Antiquities iii.seven.2.) describes the girdle and its patterns equally worn by the High Priest in his day.
• Priestly turban (Hebrew mitznefet): Those for priests were wound then that it formed a cone-shaped turban, called a migbahat. That of the High Priest was much larger than that of the priests and wound and then that it formed a wide, apartment-topped turban.

The High Priest

The high priest wore eight holy garments (bigdei kodesh). Of these, four were of the same type worn by all priests, and four were unique to him. The unique vestments were:

• Priestly robe (me'il) ("Robe of the ephod"): a sleeveless, blue robe, the lower hem of which was fringed with small golden bells alternating with pomegranate-shaped tassels in bluish, imperial, and scarlet—tekhelet,^[20] argaman (purple), tolaat shani.
• Ephod: a richly embroidered vest or apron with 2 onyx gemstones on the shoulders, on which were engraved the names of the tribes of State of israel.
• Priestly breastplate (Hebrew hoshen): with twelve gems, each engraved with the name of one of the tribes; a pouch in which he probably carried the Urim and Thummim. It was fastened to the ephod.
• On the front of the turban was a gilded plate inscribed with the words: "Holiness unto YHWH".

The High Priest had two sets of holy garments: the "golden garments" detailed to a higher place, and a set of white "linen garments" (bigdei ha-bad) which he wore only on the Mean solar day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) (Leviticus 16:4).

Israelite women [edit]

simlāh, kethōneth, sādhı̄n

While a woman'due south garments mostly corresponded to those of men: they wore simlāh and kethōneth, they also obviously differed in some ways from those of men^{[1] [three]} (see Deuteronomy 22:5). Women's garments were probably longer (compare Nahum 3:5, Jeremiah 13:22, Jeremiah 13:26, Isaiah 47:2), had sleeves (2Samuel 13:19), presumably were brighter colors and more than ornamented, and as well may have been of finer fabric.^{[1] [3]} As well worn by women was the sadin, the finer linen underdress (run across Isaiah 3:23, Proverbs 22:24).^[3]

mițpaḥath

Furthermore, mention is fabricated of the mițpaḥath (tichel), a kind of veil or shawl (Ruth 3:15). This was ordinarily just a woman'southward neckcloth. Other than the use by a bride or bride to exist (Genesis 24:65), prostitutes (Genesis 38:fourteen) and peradventure others (Ruth 3:3), a woman did not go veiled (Genesis 12:xiv, Genesis 24:15), except for modesty (Genesis 24:65). The nowadays custom in the Eye Eastward to veil the face up originates with Islam. According to ancient laws, it reached from the forehead, over the dorsum of the caput to the hips or lower, and was similar the neckerchief of the Palestinian woman in Palestine and Israel today.^[iii]

Egyptian men and women [edit]

The clothing of men and women of several social levels of aboriginal Arab republic of egypt are depicted in this tomb landscape from the fifteenth century BC.

The Jews visited Egypt in the Bible from the earliest patriarchs (commencement in Genesis 12:10–20), to the flight into Arab republic of egypt past Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus (in Matthew 2:thirteen–23). The most notable example is the long stay from Joseph'southward (son of Jacob) being sold into slavery in Genesis 29, to the Exodus from Egypt in Exodus fourteen, during the Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom. A large number of Jews (such as Jeremiah) likewise began permanent residence in Egypt upon the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC, during the 3rd Intermediate Period.

In Arab republic of egypt, flax (linen) was the cloth in virtually exclusive use. The wool worn by Israelites was known, but considered impure as animal fibres were considered taboo. Wool could only exist used for coats (they were forbidden in temples and sanctuaries). Egyptian fashion was created to keep cool while in the hot desert. People of lower course wore only the loincloth (or schenti) that was common to all. Slaves often worked naked. Sandals were braided with leather or, particularly for the bureaucratic and priestly classes, papyrus. Egyptians were usually barefoot. The most common headdress was the klafta or nemes, a striped fabric square worn by men.

Certain clothing was common to both genders, such as the tunic and the robe. Around 1425 to 1405 BC, a light tunic or short-sleeved shirt was popular, equally well every bit a pleated brim. Women often wore simple sheath dresses, and female habiliment remained unchanged over several millennia, save for small details. Draped apparel, with very big rolls, gave the impression of wearing several items. Article of clothing of the royal family unit, such as the crowns of the pharaohs, was well documented. The pardalide (made of a leopard skin) was traditionally used as the clothing for priests.

Wigs, common to both genders, were worn by wealthy people of guild. Made from real human and horse pilus, they had ornaments incorporated into them.^[21] Heads were shaved. Usually children were represented with one lock of pilus remaining on the sides of their heads.

Heavy and rather voluminous jewelry was very pop, regardless of social class. It was fabricated from turquoise, metals like aureate and silver, and small beads. Both men and women adorned themselves with earrings, bracelets, rings, necklaces and neck collars that were brightly colored.

Greek men and women [edit]

A caryatid from the Erechtheion wearing a chiton.

Greeks and Greek culture enters the Israelite world beginning with Start Maccabees. Likewise the narrative of the New Attestation (which was written in Greek) entered the Greek earth beginning near Acts xiii.

Habiliment in ancient Greece primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and chlamys. Despite popular imagination and media depictions of all-white vesture, elaborate design and bright colors were favored.^[22] Greek clothing consisted of lengths of linen or wool fabric, which generally was rectangular. Clothes were secured with ornamental clasps or pins and a belt, sash, or girdle might secure the waist.

Peplos, Chitons

The inner tunic was a peplos or chiton. The peplos was worn past women. Information technology was usually a heavier woollen garment, more distinctively Greek, with its shoulder clasps. The upper part of the peplos was folded downwardly to the waist to form an apoptygma. The chiton was a simple tunic garment of lighter linen, worn past both genders and all ages. Men'due south chitons hung to the knees, whereas women's chitons fell to their ankles. Frequently the chiton is shown as pleated.

Chlamys, Himation

The chlamys was made from a seamless rectangle of woolen material worn by men as a cloak. The basic outer garment during winter was the himation, a larger cloak worn over the peplos or chiton. The himation has been almost influential perhaps on after fashion.

Roman men and women [edit]

The tunic was adapted into many styles and was the basic garment of men.

The Roman general Pompey entered Jerusalem in 37 BC, catastrophe Jewish national independence. During the New Testament narrative, Judea was ruled by either local customer kings to the Roman Empire or every bit a Roman province under Roman officials.

Toga

Probably the virtually significant item in the ancient Roman wardrobe was the toga, a one-slice woolen garment that draped loosely around the shoulders and down the body. Togas could be wrapped in different means, and they became larger and more than voluminous over the centuries. Some innovations were purely fashionable. Because information technology was not easy to habiliment a toga without tripping over it or trailing drapery, some variations in wrapping served a practical function. Other styles were required, for instance, for roofing the caput during ceremonies.

Magistrates and loftier priests wore a special kind of toga with a reddish-purple band on the lower edge, chosen the toga praetexta every bit an indication of their status. The toga candida, an specially whitened toga, was worn by political candidates. Prostitutes wore the toga muliebris, rather than the tunics worn by most women. The toga pulla was dark-colored and worn for mourning, while the toga purpurea, of purple-dyed wool, was worn in times of triumph and past the Roman emperor.

After the transition of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire in c. 44 BC, simply men who were citizens of Rome wore the toga. Women, slaves, foreigners, and others who were not citizens of Rome wore tunics and were forbidden from wearing the toga. By the same token, Roman citizens were required to wear the toga when conducting official business. Over time, the toga evolved from a national to a formalism costume. Dissimilar types of togas indicated age, profession, and social rank.

Tunic, etc.

Originally the toga was worn past all Romans; free citizens were required to wear togas.^[23] because only slaves and children wore tunics.^[24] By the 2d century BC, however, it was worn over a tunic, and the tunic became the bones item of clothes. Women wore an outer garment known every bit a stola, which was a long pleated dress similar to the Greek chitons.

Many other styles of wearable were worn and as well are familiar in images seen in artwork from the menstruation. Garments could be quite specialized, for instance, for warfare, specific occupations, or for sports. In aboriginal Rome women athletes wore leather briefs and brassiere for maximum coverage just the ability to compete.^[24]

See also [edit]

• Israeli mode
• History of vesture and textiles
• Timeline of clothing and textiles technology
• Habiliment in aboriginal Arab republic of egypt
• Habiliment in ancient Greece
• Wearable in ancient Rome
• Habiliment in the ancient world

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j one thousand fifty m n o p q r s} "Costume: In Biblical Times". Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk & Wagnalls. 1901. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16.
2. ^ "Wearing apparel". Encyclopaedia Biblica. The Macmillan Company. 1899.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f yard h i j yard l g due north o p q r s t u v w x y z} "Dress and Ornament, Hebrew". Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Baker Book House. 1907. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2012-11-21 .
4. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew lexicon: 'ezor; The Hebrew lexicon is Brownish, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Dictionary
5. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew lexicon: chagowr; The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon
6. ^ Vos, Howard (1999). Nelson'due south New Illustrated Bible Manners and Community: How the People of the Bible Really Lived. Thomas Nelson. p. 75. ISBN978-one-4185-8569-3.
7. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew lexicon: kethōneth; The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon
8. ^ ^{a b c d east f} Eager, George B. (1915). "Dress". International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15.
9. ^ ^{a b} "Coat". Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk & Wagnalls. 1901. Archived from the original on xvi April 2013.
10. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew lexicon: ṣādhı̄n; The Hebrew lexicon is Brownish, Commuter, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon
11. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew lexicon: simlāh; The Hebrew lexicon is Dark-brown, Commuter, Briggs, Gesenius Dictionary
12. ^ See also simlāh.
13. ^ Biblestudytools.com Greek dictionary: himation; The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon
14. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew dictionary: me'īl; The Hebrew lexicon is Chocolate-brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon
15. ^ "Stole - New Testament Greek Lexicon - New American Standard". Bible Study Tools.
16. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew lexicon: addereth; The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Commuter, Briggs, Gesenius Dictionary
17. ^ Biblestudytools.com Hebrew lexicon: ẓiẓit; The Hebrew dictionary is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon ^{[ permanent expressionless link ]}
18. ^ Tefillin, "The Book of Jewish Knowledge", Nathan Ausubel, Crown Publishers, NY, 1964, p.458
19. ^ Eric Silverman, A Cultural History of Jewish Dress, A&C Black, 2013, ISBN 978-0-857-85209-0 pp.11-12: These by and large consisted of four garments: the ke'tonet (a tunic); abne't (sash/girdle);, i of two types of headgear (migba'ah), and plainly linen (bad) breeches (mikne'sê). The garb of the High Priest had iv additional items: an ephod (apron); a ẖošen (breastplate) ; a me'el (ephod robe) and a tzitz (headplate or frontlet). Unlike the other priests, he also wore a mitznefet (turban) and his sash was either embroidered, checkered or plaited; the linen used in weaving his apparel was of a special variety known as šeš.
20. ^ "Ptil Tekhelet - The common thread uniting our Jewish past, present and time to come". Ptil Tekhelet.
21. ^ "Wigs facts, information, pictures - Encyclopedia.com articles about Wigs". www.encyclopedia.com.
22. ^ Fine art, Author: Department of Greek and Roman. "Ancient Greek Dress - Essay - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.
23. ^ Steele,Philip. "Apparel and Crafts in Roman Times". Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2000, p. 20
24. ^ ^{a b} Steele,Philip. "Apparel and Crafts in Roman Times". Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2000, p. 21

Sources [edit]

This entry incorporates text from the public domain International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, originally published in 1915.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Costume". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

External links [edit]

• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — Dress
• Jewish Encyclopedia — Costume: In Biblical Times
• Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge — Dress and Ornament, Hebrew
• Encyclopaedia Biblica — Wearing apparel (Ephod, Girdle, Curtain, Shoes, Tunic, Turban, Veil)

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