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Kentucky wrote:The catholic influence is seen in a long-haired Christ in violation of the Law and the standard halo/aura around the head area, of which is non-existent biblically....Bloch's version of 'The Last Supper' is truly a masterpiece with Judas making an exit in the foreground.
Kentucky wrote: The catholic influence is seen in a long-haired Christ in violation of the Law
Nayto wrote:Are you saying that having long hair is contrary to the Law?
EzraLB wrote:Nayto wrote:Are you saying that having long hair is contrary to the Law?
I would venture to guess that this Law against long hair applied to the Order Of Melchizedek (and the Levitical priesthood) rather than the Israelites in general. If I'm wrong, please correct me.
http://christogenea.org/podcasts/paul%E ... elchizedek
Nayto wrote:but I've never seen anything about short hair elsewhere (apart from Paul obviously).
Incidentally, a bit later in Ezekiel the Levites are commanded not to drink wine yet Christ did drink wine.
Kentucky wrote:"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" I Cor. 11:14. Yeah, it was Paul's advice to the Christians at Corinth, not to be confused with the long hair sodomites. I think Bill will affirm that Hellenistic culture was that of men with short hair. And Christ was not a Nazarite as some suppose; if He was, would He have turned water into fermented wine?
“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God" Deut. 22:5. I think this is the spirit of the Law, that men's glory is not like that of a woman's. "But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering" I Cor. 11:15.Incidentally, a bit later in Ezekiel the Levites are commanded not to drink wine yet Christ did drink wine.
We've had that debate and I maintain the minority opinion that it was not fermented.
Mark
Nayto wrote:Yeah, that makes sense. I would love to understand in more detail why men and women's glory is different. What does is mean that a man's glory is such that his hair should be short? Paul explains it as a representation of authority, but -- to my limited understanding -- it seems so arbitrary.
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