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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Ezek 24th chapter
  • Date: Fri, 14 Aug 98 00:44:41


On Thu 13 Aug 98 (17:31:36), a.c.smith AT juno.com wrote:
> Now, if this "adornment" is a "turban" as most translators and Mr. Athas
> suggest, then the "adornment" cannot refer to TEFILLIN or TSE-TSE-OT.
>
> But if, as the Talmud suggests (in the tractate "ketubot"), this
> "adornment" does indeed refer to TEFILLIN and TSE-TSE-OT, then this is
> the only occasion on which one may not wear these otherwise mandatory
> garments. Interestly, Martin Luther also adopted this reading of the text
> in his final edition of the Old Testament in 1545, perhaps because he
> had consulted local Rabbis regarding difficult translation passages.

Brethren and Sistren:

The Cambridge Bible, /Ezekiel/, 1892 (AB Davidson) opines "The 'tire' is
not necessarily the priestly tiara, but the ordinary headdress (v 23),
which would probably be white. Putting off the shoes was a sign of
calamity, 2 Sam 15:31, and also covering the lower part of the face up to
the upper lip. Mic 3:7; Lev 13:45." (page 176f).

The New JPS Translation of HaTTeNaCh renders "17 Moan softly; observe no
mourning for the dead: Put on your turban and put your sandals on your
feet; do not cover over your upper lip, and do not eat the bread of
comforters. [g]" footnote [g] reads: "Lit. 'men'" (page 931).

Martin Luther in the Kirchenkonferenz text, Berlin, 1916, has: "Heimlich
magst du seufzen, aber keine Totenklagen fuehren, sondern du sollst deinen
Schmuck anlegen, und deine Schuhe anziehen. Du sollst deinen Mund nicht
verhuellen, und nicht das Trauerbrot essen".

/Schmuck/ would seem to be something ornamental; perhaps it was the
TePhiLLiN? A /Pe'eR/ is a turban, a headdress; is it from root P', to
glorify, beautify, boast, vaunt? The prayer shawl is worn over the head
when in use, so it is a "headdress" within the meaning of the act, I
suppose. But surely the /TsiYTsiTh/ are fringes on the hems of garments,
(Numbers 15:38) like the ones the woman touched in Matthew 9:20. Would
there be fringes like that on a turban?

Just my $0.02
Ben
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