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Dress Imagery in Revelation 1 As an Indicator of High Priestly Status Ross E Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Dissertations Graduate Research 2012 "Clothes Make the (One Like a Son of) Man": Dress Imagery in Revelation 1 as an Indicator of High Priestly Status Ross E. Winkle Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations Part of the Biblical Studies Commons Recommended Citation Winkle, Ross E., ""Clothes Make the (One Like a Son of) Man": Dress Imagery in Revelation 1 as an Indicator of High Priestly Status" (2012). Dissertations. 168. http://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/168 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your interest in the Andrews University Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses. Please honor the copyright of this document by not duplicating or distributing additional copies in any form without the author’s express written permission. Thanks for your cooperation. ABSTRACT “CLOTHES MAKE THE (ONE LIKE A SON OF) MAN”: DRESS IMAGERY IN REVELATION 1 AS AN INDICATOR OF HIGH PRIESTLY STATUS by Ross E. Winkle Adviser: Jon Paulien ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Title: “CLOTHES MAKE THE (ONE LIKE A SON OF) MAN”: DRESS IMAGERY IN REVELATION 1 AS AN INDICATOR OF HIGH PRIESTLY STATUS Name of researcher: Ross E. Winkle Name and degree of faculty adviser: Jon Paulien, PhD Date completed: July 2012 Problem The Epistle to the Hebrews is the only document in the New Testament that explicitly describes Jesus as a high priest. The purpose of this dissertation is to ascertain whether or not the book of Revelation, in particular, in John’s description of the “one like a son of man” in his inaugural vision (1:12-16), implicitly presents Jesus as having a high priestly status. Method This study focuses on Revelation since it is the work closest to Hebrews in terms of its rich cultic imagery, and it analyzes Revelation’s first chapter since that is the part of Revelation where one finds the most contested arena of scholarly debate over Jesus’ high priestly status. In order to delimit the approach, this dissertation concentrates on dress imagery in Rev 1 as a potential indicator of role-related high priestly status. Chapter 1 of this dissertation states the problem and samples the various interpretations of the dress of the “one like a son of man” in Rev 1, ranging from strenuous denials to strong advocacy of high priestly imagery and identity for Jesus. This chapter also notes the exegetical methodology to be employed in later chapters and presents the study’s delimitations. Chapter 2 examines the contemporary understanding of dress in terms of its ability to communicate meaning in general, to communicate identity in particular, and to more specifically communicate role-related identity. Here obstacles to the perception of identity via dress are also noted. Chapter 3 surveys descriptions of dress in literature from the Ancient Near East to the book of Revelation that communicate various identities, in particular, role-related identity. Chapter 4 surveys the dress of the Israelite high priest worn both on a daily and a yearly basis, taking into consideration data from the Hebrew Bible and extrabiblical Jewish and Christian sources up to ca. 150 CE. It also takes note of overlooked or ignored elements of the high priest’s dress. Based on that information, chapter 5 investigates and exegetes sartorial images for the “one like a son of man” in Rev 1 that possibly communicate high priestly status: his foot-length robe (podh,rh [1:13]); (2) his golden belt/sash (zw,nhn crusa/n [1:13]); and (3) his bare feet, described in terms of the enigmatic term calkoliba,nw| (1:15). Chapter 6 presents the results of this study, their implications, and possible directions for future research. Results Contemporary scholars of dress have concluded that the concept of dress includes not only clothes but also ornaments, cosmetics, devices, treatments, equipment, and tools, and they have repeatedly maintained that dress communicates various types of identity. This understanding is useful in analyzing the communicative properties of dress in the Bible. Copious evidence from the ANE to the Roman world and from the OT to the NT illustrates that dress was not only understood to be an important necessity but also a means of communicating much critical information to others. The dress of the high priest was powerful in identifying his status and role within the Israelite cultus. This is true despite questions about and difficulty in cataloging, describing, and interpreting the specific ritual dress elements of the high priest. Fluidity in sartorial descriptions of the high priest suggests that metonymy and synecdoche were in play in some of the texts. In addition, this study suggests that high priestly dress should include such elements as bare feet, the censer, and incense, since bare feet are an example of negative dress, a censer can be classified as a dress tool, and incense can be viewed as a dress cosmetic. Conclusions This dissertation consequently concludes that the sartorial reference to the podh,rhj that the “one like a son of man” wears in Rev 1, when seen in combination with the reference to him in the midst of the seven golden lampstands (1:12-13), communicates a high priestly identity. The other dress elements (the zw,nhn crusa/n and the feet like calkoliba,nw|), while contributing in varying degrees to the plausibility of the high priestly imagery in this passage, combine with the podh,rhj to substantiate a sartorial ensemble impressively communicative of Jesus’ high priestly identity in John’s inaugural vision in Revelation. The results of this study suggest at least four important implications for interpreting Revelation and the NT as a whole. First, the electric impact of the dress of the high priest on observers in the Second Temple period is mirrored by the prominent position it holds in John’s inaugural vision in Rev 1. Second, dress imagery implicitly provides profound christological information in Revelation, and christological titles for Jesus in Revelation must not inappropriately shape or restrict the meaning of dress imagery there. Third, high priestly imagery for Jesus in the NT cannot be restricted to the Epistle to the Hebrews. And fourth, the overall dress imagery, which is so prevalent throughout Revelation, indicates that it bears more weight for John than many commentators have typically granted it. Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary “CLOTHES MAKE THE (ONE LIKE A SON OF) MAN”: DRESS IMAGERY IN REVELATION 1 AS AN INDICATOR OF HIGH PRIESTLY STATUS A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy by Ross E. Winkle July 2012 © Copyright by Ross E. Winkle 2012 All Rights Reserved “CLOTHES MAKE THE (ONE LIKE A SON OF) MAN”: DRESS IMAGERY IN REVELATION 1 AS AN INDICATOR OF HIGH PRIESTLY STATUS A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy by Ross E. Winkle APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE: ________________________________________ _______________________________________ Faculty Adviser, Director, Ph.D. in Religion / Th.D. Program Jon Paulien Tom Shepherd Professor of Religion – Theological Studies ________________________________________ _______________________________________ P. Richard Choi Dean, SDA Theological Seminary Professor of New Testament Denis Fortin ________________________________________ Roy E. Gane Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Languages ________________________________________ Ranko Stefanovic Professor of New Testament ________________________________________ _______________________________________ Loren L. Johns Date approved Professor of New Testament Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary For Darla gunai/ka avndrei,an ti,j eu`rh,sei timiwte,ra de, evstin li,qwn polutelw/n h` toiau,th (LXX Proverbs 31:10) iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .................................................. viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................... ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................ xiv Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................ 1 Background to the Problem .................................. 1 Statement of the Problem ................................... 6 Purpose of the Research .................................... 17 Justification for the Research ................................ 23 Scope and Delimitations of the Research ....................... 27 Delimitations of Methodology ............................ 27 Delimitation of Terminology ............................. 30 Delimitation of Textual Focus ............................ 32 Methodology of the Research ............................... 35 2. DRESS AND IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY DISCUSSION ...... 38 Introduction ............................................. 38 Dress, Communication, and Identity .......................... 40 The Rise of the Academic Study of Dress ................... 43 Definition, Nomenclature, and Taxonomy .................. 44 Dress Communicates ................................... 47 Dress Communicates Identity ......................... 50 Dress Communicates
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