Somehow the Nazirites (OT) and the temple Prostitutes in Corinth (NT) have gotten wound around themselves here... but they're different.
OT... that was Dr. McGee, a very old-fashioned preacher (gone to glory lo these 20 years) mentioning that part of the setting apart of a Nazirite was a male growing out his hair, when the norm was for a man to have short hair. For cover issues... I don't know how relevant that is. I can make some commentary about grape products all having leaven (yeast) in them, but again... not too relevant to the subject at hand.
NT... the temple prostitutes of Corinth: Well, this isn't just Dr. McGee. I've heard this over and over, that the priestess/prostitutes in Corinth kept their hair short and that the whole long/covered hair thing went along with being quiet in church as a woman, so that the short/uncovered woman represented to Paul and the Corinthians a pagan priestess. I dont' think that has anything to do with the Jewish women there, as the Corinthians were mostly Gentile converts, weren't they?
Now: Orthodox women covering their hair, etc. I think that's well-cool, honestly... if you keep your regular hair and use a scarf. The shave/wig thing seems pretty pointless to me, if the wig is nice, where does the extra modesty come in?
I wasn't going to drag you off to church! I *was* going to see if you wanted to cover your hair in the house for a day. If not, no worries. I think I'll try it again and report back, it's been awhile. If nothing else it should keep my hair out of the bread dough that day... ;)
And I have a busy morning, sorry for the shortish post.
