“Like a Throne of Glory:”: The Apotropaic Potential of Ṣîṣîṯ in the Hebrew Bible and Early Rabbinic Literature
Although at first glance ṣîṣîṯ meet the definitional criteria of an amulet, there are just three passages in the early rabbinic literature that only indirectly suggest such an interpretation. Yet, as it turns out, the tassels feature strong connections with the priestly clothes, and given the protec...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 176-201 |
Further subjects: | B
fringes
tassels
ṣîṣîṯ
apotropaism
teḵēlęṯ
ša‘aṭnēz
ṣîṣ
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Volltext (Verlag) |