Studies in the Bible and Antiquity
Abstract
Because clothing has a social function by which we define ourselves in relation to others, the rites of investiture and divestiture are often used within a given community as the individual moves from one social environment to another. These two rites can be used to examine the social progression of Adam and Eve via the fall, the symbolic movement from the mortal sphere to the divine sphere as represented with the veil, as well as the Christ-like nature of Tabitha who, like Christ himself, clothed others, thus giving them meaning and place within the community of believers.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Belnap, Daniel
(2012)
"Clothed with Salvation: The Garden, the Veil, Tabitha, and Christ,"
Studies in the Bible and Antiquity: Vol. 4, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sba/vol4/iss1/2