In his recounting of the Exodus narrative of the making of the priestly vestments in Judean Antiquities 3.151-180, 184-187, Josephus provides a vivid description of the high priest’s wardrobe, including its cosmological connotations. This article shows that Josephus uses cosmological motifs in his recounting of the high priestly attire in order to convey a message to his intended audience in Rome. Josephus adds his own accents to the biblical narrative to convince his public that the high priest’s fine clothing functions as a statement that the Judean God is not a national deity with restricted power, but the Highest God, who is the only creator, maintainer, and supreme ruler of the universe. Seen from this perspective, we observe Josephus in dialogue with a well-established Greco-Roman clothing imagery tradition that portrays gods and mortals in symbolic garments to enhance their far-reaching power or authority.

在他讲述出埃及记中关于在朱迪亚古物中制作祭司外衣的叙述中在 3.151-180, 184-187 中，约瑟夫斯生动地描述了大祭司的衣橱，包括其宇宙学内涵。这篇文章表明约瑟夫斯在讲述大祭司的服装时使用了宇宙学主题，以便向他在罗马的目标受众传达信息。约瑟夫斯在圣经叙述中加入了他自己的口音，以说服他的公众相信，大祭司的精美服装表明犹大神不是权力受限的民族神，而是至高无上的神，他是唯一的创造者、维护者和维护者。宇宙的最高统治者。从这个角度来看，我们观察约瑟夫斯与一个行之有效的希腊罗马服装意象传统的对话，该传统描绘了穿着象征性服装的神灵和凡人，以增强他们深远的权力或权威。