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6 – TEKHELET AS A COLOUR DESIGNATION

  • A. The Greek Equivalent of Tekhelet and Argaman Respectively in the LXX
  • B. The Greek Equivalents of Tekhelet and Argaman Respectively in Aquilas, Symmachus and Theodotion
  • C. Iakinthos – Tekhelet, Fabric, Stone or Flower?
  • D. Data Supplied by Pliny Concerning the Varieties of Purple Fabric in as far as These Have a Bearing Upon the Determination of the Colour of Tekhelet.
  • E. Allusions in Philo and Josephus to the Colour of Tekhelet
  • F. Textual and Critical Study of R. Meir’s Homily on the Tekhelet Colour
  • G. Tekhelet and the Colour of the Sky
  • H. Tekhelet and the Colour of the Sea
  • I. Further Study of R. Meir’s Homily in its Various Recensions; Maimonides’ Definition of Tekhelet
  • J. Kala-ilan (indigo) as Imitation of Tekhelet–A Clue to the Determination of the Colour of Tekhelet
  • K. Tekhelet Colour Interpretations

  • 1 – PURPLE DYEING IN ANTIQUITY
    • A. Preface
    • B. The Particular Species Used in the Manufacture of Purple
    • C. The Archeology of the Purple
    • D. Differentiation of the Colours Produced with the Dye-Secretions of the Various Specimens Used in Purple Dyeing
    • E. The Inalterability of the Purple Dye
    • F. The Chemical Constitution of the Purpurigemc Matter.
  • 2 – THE ORIGIN OF PURPLE DYEING
    • A. Legend of Hercules and His Dog
    • B. Tradition Attributing to the Phoenicians the Discovery of Purple Dyeing
    • C. Egypt and Purple Dyeing
    • D. Takiltu and Argamannu in the Cuneiform Texts.
    • E. Tekhelet and Argaman in the Tabernacle
  • 3 – THE SOURCES OF THE DYESTUFFS PRODUCTIVE OF Tekhelet AND Argaman
    • A. “lakinthos” and “Porphyra” in the Greek Version of the Old Testament.
    • B. Marine Shell-Snail Origin of Tekhelet and Argaman; the Greek Versions, Philo and Josephus Collated with the Talmud and the Tosephta
    • C. Professor Riedel’s Theory of Argaman
  • 4 – HILLAZON (SHELL-SNAIL) IN THE TALMUDIM, THE MIDRASHIM AND THE TARGUMIM
    • A. חלזון Hillazon
    • B. Distinctive Names of Species
    • C. Special Designations for the Species Furnishing Tekhelet and Argaman Respectively.
  • 5 – THE TEKHELET-HILLAZON
    • A. Samuel Bochart as a Pioneer in the Study of Tekhelet and Argaman,· His Treatment of the Zoological Aspects of the Subject of J. Braunius’ “De Vest. Sacerdotum hebraeorum”
    • B. Michaelis’ Attempted Identification of the Tekhelet-hillazon with Sepia loligo
    • C. Identification of the Species with Janthina helix L. by Gesenius
    • D. Imperfect Application of the Results Obtained by Lacaze-Duthiers to the Study of Tekhelet and Argaman
    • E. Dr. A. Dedekind’s Contribution to the Study of the Identification of the Species Productive of Tekhelet and Argaman Respectively
    • F. Description of the Tekhelet-Hillazon in the Talmud
    • G. Speculations about the Cause Which Prompted the Formal Declaration of the Characteristics of the Tekhelet-hillazon
    • H. Description of the Tekhelet-hillazon in the Baraitha d’Tzitzit
    • I. Detailed Study of the Talmudic Description of the Tekhelet-hillazon
    • J. Identification of the Tekhelet-hillazon according to the Talmud; Correspondence between the Present Writer and Dr. L. Germain of the Department of Malacology, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris)
    • K. Description of the Tekhelet-Hillazon in Maimonides’ Code
    • L. Identification of the Tekhelet-hillazon as Described by Maimonides.
    • M. G.E. Leiner’s Supposed Rediscovery of the Tekhelet-hillazon in Sepia officinalis.
    • N. The Possibility of Textual Corruption in the Talmudic Description of the Tekhelet-hillazon
  • 6 – TEKHELET AS A COLOUR DESIGNATION
    • A. The Greek Equivalent of Tekhelet and Argaman Respectively in the LXX
    • B. The Greek Equivalents of Tekhelet and Argaman Respectively in Aquilas, Symmachus and Theodotion
    • C. Iakinthos – Tekhelet, Fabric, Stone or Flower?
    • D. Data Supplied by Pliny Concerning the Varieties of Purple Fabric in as far as These Have a Bearing Upon the Determination of the Colour of Tekhelet.
    • E. Allusions in Philo and Josephus to the Colour of Tekhelet
    • F. Textual and Critical Study of R. Meir’s Homily on the Tekhelet Colour
    • G. Tekhelet and the Colour of the Sky
    • H. Tekhelet and the Colour of the Sea
    • I. Further Study of R. Meir’s Homily in its Various Recensions; Maimonides’ Definition of Tekhelet
    • J. Kala-ilan (indigo) as Imitation of Tekhelet–A Clue to the Determination of the Colour of Tekhelet
    • K. Tekhelet Colour Interpretations
  • 7 – THE PROCESS OF DYEING
  • 8 – THE FASTNESS OF THE Tekhelet DYE
  • 9 – TESTS FOR DETECTING FRAUDULENT IMITATIONS OF Tekhelet
  • 10 – THE RITUAL USES OF Tekhelet
  • 11 – THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE Tekhelet
    • A. History of Tekhelet-dyeing in Israel; Centres of Production
    • B. Palestine as the Source of Supply of Ritual Tekhelet to Babylonian Jewry
    • C. Ritual Tekhelet and the Restrictions Placed by the Emperors upon the Manufacture and Sale of Purple
    • D. Limits of Time Within Which the Total Extinction of Tekhelet shel tzitzit – the Tekhelet of the tzitzit – Must Be Placed
    • E. References to Tekhelet shel tzitzit in the Gaonic Literature
    • G. An Attempt made by G.E. Leiner of Radzin to Restore Tekhelet shel tzitzit; History of the Radzin-Tekhelet
    • H. Results Obtained from the Chemical Examination of Samples of the Radzin-Tekhelet
  • APPENDIX A – THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS OF SAMUEL BEN HOFNI’S כתאב אוזכאס שרע אלציצית
  • APPENDIX B – PROCEEDINGS OF THE BELFAST NATURAL HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 1919-20
  • ADDENDUM: HISTORICAL RECORD OF DYEING PROCESS USED IN RADZIN

 

 

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