Bible Encyclopedia: Dress of Skins

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The Cross and the Winepress.
... Japhet was very old; he wore a long beard, and a dress made of the skins of beasts;
and he looked at the new winepress with evident satisfaction. ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter lv the cross and.htm

The Review of the Troops at Doriscus.
... as marshaled in long array upon the plain, every possible variety of dress and
equipment. ... others wore linen tunics, or rude garments made of the skins of beasts ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter vi the review of.htm

On Clothes.
... base pleasure; wherefore also what is useful in the article of dress is to ... praised,
and the wool, about which many rave, be protected beneath skins, [1538] yet ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi name clothes.htm

Endurance of the World's Censure.
... they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about
in sheep-skins and goat-skins; being destitute ... His very dress is a memento. ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon x endurance of the.htm

Ascetic.
... The primary object of dress is said to be shewn by the words of Genesis, [549] where
God is said to have made Adam and Eve "coats of skins," or, as in the LXX ...
//christianbookshelf.org/basil/basil letters and select works/iii ascetic.htm

Whether it is Lawful for Religious to Wear Coarser Clothes than ...
... says (Heb.11:37): "They wandered about in sheep-skins in goat-skins," and a ... other
deeds whether his behavior is motivated by contempt of excessive dress or by ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for 17.htm

The Shepherd of Pella
... his shoulders yet childish, his slim brown body half smothered in skins, half bare
as ... moon and the listless effort of coming day, her unmantled dress of silver ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter iii the shepherd of.htm

Introduction. Modesty in Apparel Becoming to Women,
... have desired too gladsome (not to say too ostentatious) a style of dress; so as ... And
do you think about adorning yourself over and above your tunics of skins? ...
/.../on the apparel of women/chapter i introduction modesty in apparel.htm

Chapter ii.
... aggravated by insult and mockery; for some were disguised in the skins of wild ... mock
Circensian entertainment; being a spectator of the whole, in the dress of a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/paley/evidences of christianity/chapter ii.htm

Chapter xii.
... frugal and merely necessary dress, that they may deceive those who are not on their
guard: for those sheep also ought not to lay aside their own skins, if at ...
/.../augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xii 2.htm

Nave's Topical Index

Genesis 3:21
To Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Nave's Topical Index

Subtopics

Dress

Dress for Wedding Feasts

Dress of Fig Leaves

Dress of Skins

Dress of the Head by Ezekiel

Dress of the Head: Bonnets (R. V., Head-Tires), Prescribed by Moses, for the Priests

Dress: Bonnets (Rv , Head-Tires), Worn by Women

Dress: Ceremonial Purification of

Dress: Changes of Clothes, the Folly of Excessive