Joseph’s technicolor dream coat (or something like that)

Every flannel-graph, every VHS tape, every coloring sheet meant to provide a visual aid to the Sunday school retelling of the Joseph story depicted Jacob’s favored son in his trademarked multi-colored bathrobe.

From an early age, this image was seared into my brain.

The Hebrew phrase used to describe Joseph’s coat, however, is a little more ambiguous than I was led to believe…