[B-Greek] Acts 18:3 - SKHNOPOIOS = tallit, prayer-shawl?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Dec 27 17:10:26 EST 2006


Hi Folks,

  Thanks for your help on my last question, the grammar of Acts 7:17,
the interesting one about Abraham buying the land from Emmor.

  There is a discussion on the internet about ...

Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them,
and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

  Where tentmaker (SKHNOPOIOS) is considered by some to be the
Jewish prayer shawl, the tallit, rather than either a small portable tent or a
larger tent, as for the military.  There are lots of points made on all sides.
Granted, the tallit theory is a bit conjectural, and even the question of
what types of prayer shawls were in use seems to be unclear.
  
  It does not seem to have been discussed here, and I was wondering
if the biblical Greek experts might weigh in.

Shalom,
Steven Avery
Queens, NY




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