Page "Tallit" Paragraph 11

In the book The Ancient Jewish Shroud At Turin by John N. Lupia ( Regina Caeli Press, 2010 ; ISBN 978-0-9826739-0-4 ) Lupia shows the historical development of the tallit when its design began to change during the second half of the first century CE and began to take on the forms known today beginning around 1000 CE.

The long tradition of a single orthodox form of the tallit became modified in a more culturally diverse atmosphere and continued to change throughout time until it became permuted and shortened in length as the kitel, tallit katan, tallit gadol, and the more common tallit prayer shawl form know today.