The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . string, or band, and always worn next the skin,not over the shirt as in Europe. It will be asked, when the poor Israelite hadpawned his outer-garment wherein he slept, whatdress was left to him? The answer is probablysupplied in the cotton, or woolen frocks or shirt?,which often, in warm weather, form the sole dressof the Bedouin peasants, and the lower class oftownspeople. To this the a
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . string, or band, and always worn next the skin,not over the shirt as in Europe. It will be asked, when the poor Israelite hadpawned his outer-garment wherein he slept, whatdress was left to him? The answer is probablysupplied in the cotton, or woolen frocks or shirt?,which often, in warm weather, form the sole dressof the Bedouin peasants, and the lower class oftownspeople. To this the abba or hyke is theproper outer robe, but is usually, in summer, dis-pensed with in the day-time, and in the ordinarypursuits and occupations of life. It is sometimesworn without, but more usually with, a girdle. (2) Shirt. The shirt worn by the superior classesis of the same shape, but of finer materials. If wecall this a shirt, the Hebrews doubtless had it—thesole dress (excepting the cloak) of the poor, and theinner robe of the rich. Such, probably, were thesheets (translated shirts in some versions), ofwhich Samson despoiled thirty Philistines to paythe forfeit of his riddle (Judg. xiv:i3, 19). It. is shown from the Talmud, indeed, that the He-brews of later days had a shirt called chaluk,which it would appear was often of wool (Light-foot, Hor. Heb. on Luke ix:3), and which is de-scribed as the ordinary inner-garment, the outerbeing the cloak or mantle. This shows that theshirt or frock was, as in modern usage, the ordi-nary dress of the Jews, to which a mantle (abba,hyke, or bournoos) was the outer covering. (3) Gown or Caftan. Among all the garmentsof persons of the superior class the shirt coveredby a striped (sometimes figured) gown or caft;,of mingled silk and cotton, was commonly worn. Itdescends to the ankles, with long sleeves, extend-ing a few inches beyond the fingers ends, but <li- DRESS 545 DRESS vided from a point a little above the wrist, so thatthe hand
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