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  2. Agaseke - Wikipedia

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    Agaseke is a type of traditional Rwandese woven basket. [1] It is characterized by its flat circular base that is taller than it is wide, with a sloped conical fitted lid. It is traditionally made of native natural fibers in natural off-white colors with naturally-dyed patterns in colors like purple, green, black, yellow, and red. There are ...

  3. Sackcloth - Wikipedia

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    Hezekiah, clothed in śaq, spreads open the letter before the Lord.(Sackcloth (Hebrew: שַׂק śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.

  4. Biblical clothing - Wikipedia

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    Complete descriptions of the styles of dress among the people of the Bible is impossible because the material at hand is insufficient. [1] Assyrian and Egyptian artists portrayed what is believed to be the clothing of the time, but there are few depictions of Israelite garb. One of the few available sources on Israelite clothing is the Bible. [2]

  5. Four senses of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, bible hermeneutics notably uses midrash, a Jewish method of interpreting the Hebrew Bible and the rules which structure the Jewish laws. [1] The early allegorizing trait in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible figures prominently in the massive oeuvre of a prominent Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, whose allegorical reading of the Septuagint synthesized the ...

  6. Shatnez - Wikipedia

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    Early writers, like Maimonides, state that the prohibition was a case of the general law (Leviticus 20:23) against imitating Canaanite customs. Maimonides wrote: "the heathen priests adorned themselves with garments containing vegetable and animal materials, while they held in their hand a seal of mineral.

  7. Inclusio - Wikipedia

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    The first and last (29th) verses of Psalm 118, "הודו לה' כי-טוב כי לעולם חסדו", form an inclusio. Another, more disputed, example may be found in the Book of Ruth , where one finds a certain resemblance, if somewhat chiastic , between 1:1 and 1:22: in the former, Elimelekh leaves Bethlehem in favor of Moab , and in the ...

  8. Chaesang - Wikipedia

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    Baskets in Damyang (2003). Chaesang (Korean: 채상; Hanja: 彩箱) are woven boxes or baskets constructed from strips of bamboo.The art of constructing such baskets (chaesang-jang) is represented by the sole surviving master craftsman, Seo Han-gyu, who, along with the art itself, is one of the Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea.

  9. Basket - Wikipedia

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    The origin of this use is unclear. "Basket" is sometimes used as an adjective for a person who is born out of wedlock. [3] This occurs more commonly in British English. "Basket" also refers to a bulge in a man's crotch. [3] The word “basket” is frequently used in the colloquial “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”