by slimboyfat 12 Replies latest jw friends
It may refer to a type of silk fabric. Such as dupioni, which is thicker than typical silk cloth, and it is iridescent, consistent with the description as being 'garments of light'.
Leolaia:
Also the word basilikos "royal, kingly" comes to mind, and royal clothes would also make sense in the context.
A shiny silk cloth in those days would be expensive, so it would be appropriate that they might use a word associated with a base word related to royalty for such a cloth.
The problem with basilikos is that it presumes a textual corruption and thus requires a conjectural emendation, which is kind of a last resort in translation.
Leolaia:
The problem with basilikos is that it presumes a textual corruption and thus requires a conjectural emendation, which is kind of a last resort in translation.
Probably. But holosilikon could be an uncorrupted term they happened to use for a particular variety of silk cloth. The similarity between holosilikon and the English word silk could just be a coincidence.
