From Lorenzo.Smerillo@worldnet.att.net Sun Apr 7 00:57:22 2002 Received: from mailscan3.cac.washington.edu (mailscan3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.15]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g378vJDN147462 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 00:57:19 -0800 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan3.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Apr 07 00:57:18 2002 -0800 Received: from mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.48]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g378vHZB022284 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 00:57:18 -0800 Received: from lorenzo ([12.89.177.85]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020407085717.BNPX8815.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@lorenzo> for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 08:57:17 +0000 Message-ID: <3CB008D4.2730@worldnet.att.net> Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 10:52:36 +0200 From: L:Smerillo X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: classics@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: footwear References: <20020406011025.30301.qmail@web13407.mail.yahoo.com> <000b01c1dd63$48935340$8b04a5d8@computer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This from the Lt_antiq list recently on footware: Marc Bregman "The Parable of the Lame and the Blind: Epiphanius' Quotation from an Apocryphon of Ezekiel", Journal of Theological Studies 42:1 (New Series), April 1991, pp. 125-138, esp. p. 132 and notes 27-28, where I discuss the importance of understanding the footware of civilians as opposed to the footware of Roman soldiers (caligae, nail-studded sandals) for correctly interpreting the Epiphanius text and its Rabbinc parallels. feliciter, Lorenzo Smerillo .