Question 4: Cultural customs of head coverings at the time -- scholars' areas of agreement

Areas of scholarly agreement: (1) Women east of Corinth typically wore head coverings in public. (2) Roman men AND women covered heads in pagan worship (prayer, prophecy, sacrifice) -- thanks to Richard Oster's work. (3) Coverings were not like hijabs or burkas but part of the toga/palla pulled over the head. Five sub-debates: Greek word analysis, textual evidence, artwork evidence, religious context, and which view best fits 1 Corinthians 11.