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In the Bible, tefillin are referred to as טֹוטָפֹת ṭoṭaphoth, the plural of טוֹטֶפֶת ṭoṭepheth, meaning "headband, frontlet". Jeffrey H. Tigay argued that the word טוֹטֶפֶת ṭoṭepheth originally meant "headband", as ornamental bands encircling the head were common among Levantine populations in the biblical ...
Skinny ties have widths of around 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (6.4 cm) at their widest, compared to usually 3–4 inches (7.6–10.2 cm) for regular ties. [14] Skinny ties were first popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by British bands such as the Beatles and the Kinks, alongside the subculture that embraced such bands, the mods.
This had started with the black coat and white necktie which had been worn for some decades. [9] By the 1880s this had been transmuted into the clerical collar, which was worn almost constantly by the majority of clergy for the rest of the period.
The Jews visited Egypt in the Bible from the earliest patriarchs (beginning in Genesis 12:10–20), to the flight into Egypt by Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus (in Matthew 2:13–23). The most notable example is the long stay from Joseph's (son of Jacob) being sold into slavery in Genesis 29 , to the Exodus from Egypt in Exodus 14 , during ...
A Christian priest wearing a white girdle around his waist to hold his alb and stole in place.A belt without a buckle, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing from antiquity until perhaps the 15th century, especially for women.
Sharply differing perspectives on the relationship between narrative history and theological meaning present a special challenge for assessing the historicity of the Bible. Supporters of biblical literalism "deny that Biblical infallibility and inerrancy are limited to spiritual, religious, or redemptive themes, exclusive of assertions in the ...
“1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture” takes a look at how “homosexual” was added to the Bible by a team of well meaning translators and the harm it’s done since then. The film ...
Bands varied from small white turn-down collars and ruffs to point lace bands, depending upon fashion, until the mid-seventeenth century, when plain white bands came to be the invariable neck-wear of all judges, serjeants, barristers, students, clergy, and academics.