Head Coverings in the Ancient Mediterranean: Research Clippings

Research clippings from Craig Keener's Dictionary of New Testament Background article on head coverings, with supplementary sources. Documents the cultural background of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, showing that head coverings were tied to marital modesty, class status, and regional customs rather than a universal creation ordinance.

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Part 3: Head Coverings and Authority - 1 Corinthians 11

[Music] 1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult chapter throughout church history there are some things that are hard to understand about this passage but using an understanding of the Jewish mindset will help us unravel Paul's reasoning let's start at verse three but I want you to understand that Chr...

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels

Kenneth E. Bailey — Kindle highlights from 'Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels'. 19 highlights.

No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him John 6:43-45

Jesus spoke incredibly powerful words in John chapter 6 that many people are afraid to dig into because of their concern that John 6 might contradict their theology. In fact, Calvinists are quick to challenge non-Calvinists to explain what these verses mean outside of the Calvinist interpretation.

Is Short Hair A Sin For A Woman

Continuing on with our verse by verse discussion through the section of 1 Corinthians 11 about women, we come to verse 13:

Shaming The Head 3

Continuing our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we come to verse 6:

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii The Greek is not giving a command for her to cut her hair short. It should be the imperative of permission, something that Dr. Daniel Wallace talks about in his book Beyond the Basics. If Numbers 6 ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii The Greek is not giving a command for her to cut her hair short. It should be the imperative of permission, something that Dr. Daniel Wallace talks a

@elderthorkell @schism What specifically in the theology is far better? God tells us that in heaven there is no marriage and Paul says our marriage vows are until death and not past that (Rom 7:1-2). So you just want to believe something else? Why ...

@elderthorkell @schism What specifically in the theology is far better? God tells us that in heaven there is no marriage and Paul says our marriage vows are until death and not past that (Rom 7:1-2).

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that her foolish vows can be annulled without her suffering the consequences which is a grace. This is not about having auth

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given to men. Men are missing something good—that a wise ...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given t

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii I’m making an observation. Is that

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii I’m making an observation. Is that allowed? She does not have the ability to override his foolish vows and so the man is missing this grace. He is missin

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii This was not related to vows but it shows that a wife still had agency when her husband was foolish and her agency resulted in stopping the consequences of her foolish actions. Once her husband died she w...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii This was not related to vows but it shows that a wife still had agency when her husband was foolish and her agency resulted in stopping the consequences o

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Like I said, a woman in this case

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Like I said, a woman in this case gets a special grace that if her foolish vow is heard and her father or husband annuls it then she is not bound and does

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Well that is true but the man neve

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Well that is true but the man never gets this grace of being able to get out of his foolish vows.

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Right. I should have made that one separate. Hannah initiates with God and makes a vow and later tells Elkanah her plan. He didn’t overhear her vow but she told him about it. So his involvement was only b...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Right. I should have made that one separate. Hannah initiates with God and makes a vow and later tells Elkanah her plan. He didn’t overhear her vow but sh

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 They have equal authority over each other’s bodie

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 They have equal authority over each other’s bodies but it is framed as how they have given up authority over their own bodies because of their marital vows.

@JamesDitto12 @smashbaals 1. The LXX is an important witness to how the Hebrew was understood very early. 2. The inspired text has only the consonants; vowel markings were added in the 6-10th century AD. So there is a legitimate interpretive questio...

@JamesDitto12 @smashbaals 1. The LXX is an important witness to how the Hebrew was understood very early. 2. The inspired text has only the consonants; vowel markings were added in the 6-10th century

@befaithful10 Oh wow! John the Baptist was under a Nazarite vow (Num 6:1-6 which

@befaithful10 Oh wow! John the Baptist was under a Nazarite vow (Num 6:1-6 which applies to both men and woman) his entire life requiring him to not cut his hair... was he vile? Even Paul took a Naza

@dalepartridge If it is truly nature that teaches us that a man’s hair ought to

@dalepartridge If it is truly nature that teaches us that a man’s hair ought to be short and a woman’s hair ought to be long, then nature would have applied under the old covenant also. Are you sayin

@JamesDitto12 That means that when a spouse dies, the living one is freed from t

@JamesDitto12 That means that when a spouse dies, the living one is freed from their vow and can marry another. At the rapture, both husband and wife may be transformed alive without dying. That does

@SpecterAndBride Was John the Baptist effeminate for not ever cutting his hair?

@SpecterAndBride Was John the Baptist effeminate for not ever cutting his hair? Samson? Even Paul took a Nazarite vow which could have lasted years. Num 6:1-21

@RachelleMerle Please explain how NATURE teaches you there is a difference between males and females when it comes to head hair. Then explain how it is disgraceful for John the Baptist to have long hair (a Nazarite). Even Paul himself took a Nazarit...

@RachelleMerle Please explain how NATURE teaches you there is a difference between males and females when it comes to head hair. Then explain how it is disgraceful for John the Baptist to have long h

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is John the Baptist shamed because he was a nazarite from birth and therefore couldn’t cut his hair like Samson? Even Paul took a Nazarite vow and in numbers both men and women could take the vow. The vow involves...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is John the Baptist shamed because he was a nazarite from birth and therefore couldn’t cut his hair like Samson? Even Paul took a Nazarite vow and in numbers both

@TarienCole @MikeWingerii @JollyStine “I think men should have short hair still”

@TarienCole @MikeWingerii @JollyStine “I think men should have short hair still” How long was Jesus’ hair? How about John the Baptist who never cut his hair? Samson? Absalom? Anyone taking a Nazarite

@avyargo @MikeWingerii No, any s3xual relationship outside of one man and one wo

@avyargo @MikeWingerii No, any s3xual relationship outside of one man and one woman vowing for life is sin. A godly woman being a pastor is not a sin just because she’s a woman.

This is so incredible. When a man abuses his wife, Peterson suggests the reason

This is so incredible. When a man abuses his wife, Peterson suggests the reason is in the wife? So he can violate his marital vows, and when she calls him out for this, that’s her causing her own abus

@Sentinel_VA @smashbaals @TheJaredian Yes, the laws related to clean and unclean foods do not apply to believers after the resurrection of Jesus. However, Paul took a Nazarite vow in the New Testament (Acts 18:18; 21:23-26). He did this post-resurr...

@Sentinel_VA @smashbaals @TheJaredian Yes, the laws related to clean and unclean foods do not apply to believers after the resurrection of Jesus. However, Paul took a Nazarite vow in the New Testamen

@smashbaals How does “nature” teach you that long hair is a shame for men when if they didn’t cut it, it would grow just as long as women’s hair? Was Sampson a shame because he never cut his hair? Anyone who takes a Nazarite vow—or is a Nazarite fo...

@smashbaals How does “nature” teach you that long hair is a shame for men when if they didn’t cut it, it would grow just as long as women’s hair? Was Sampson a shame because he never cut his hair? A

@jools6691 @BBisthebomb75 @AiG Wedding vows that suggest the wife is to obey her husband as if she was a child or a slave are not Biblical. Ephesians 5:21-24 doesn’t say obey. V21 says we are to subject ourselves to one another in the fear of Chris...

@jools6691 @BBisthebomb75 @AiG Wedding vows that suggest the wife is to obey her husband as if she was a child or a slave are not Biblical. Ephesians 5:21-24 doesn’t say obey. V21 says we are to sub

@Nickidewbear @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, I do agree that there were instances where women couldn't enter into a binding vow without the husband or father confirming it. But I think this is more nuanced than we are thinking it is. For e...

@Nickidewbear @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, I do agree that there were instances where women couldn't enter into a binding vow without the husband or father confirming it. But I think this

@nsraban @CovenantReform2 @smashbaals Yes, Nice find. But Num 30:13 isn’t a law silencing women in the assembly but confirming whether her vow which she speaks is in force and binding. Kind of different. Gen 3:16 is a prophecy to the woman about w...

@nsraban @CovenantReform2 @smashbaals Yes, Nice find. But Num 30:13 isn’t a law silencing women in the assembly but confirming whether her vow which she speaks is in force and binding. Kind of diffe

Numbers 6:2-18

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Textual issue in Isaiah 3:12: the Hebrew word for 'women' may actually be 'creditors' — the consonants are identical, only vowels differ.

Textual criticism of Isaiah 3:12

Exceptions to hair length rules: Nazirite vows, philosophers, and the principle behind exceptions

Mike discusses how exceptions to the general rule were understood.

Ehrman claims Apollonius engaged in an 'itinerant preaching ministry' like Jesus, but shortly after leaving home Apollonius took a five-year vow of silence, communicating only with head gestures. He did not primarily preach; he traveled meeting famous people and engaged in philosophical dialogues. This is not a parallel to Jesus's preaching ministry.

Acts 21:17-26 — Paul participates in a Nazirite vow to demonstrate continued Torah observance as a Jewish believer

Q&A: question about Paul's behavior in Acts 21 and what it tells us about his relationship to Torah.

The book of Acts as a sustained narrative of persecution — Paul's pre-conversion role as persecutor and post-conversion experience of being persecuted

Persecution is the central recurring theme of Acts

Acts 18:18 -- Paul keeps a Nazirite vow (hair cut) years after the resurrection. Consistent with Jewish believers continuing optional Torah practices.

Survey of Acts 18:18, Paul's Nazirite vow

Acts 21:23-24 -- Paul is asked to join four men under a vow and pay their expenses, demonstrating publicly that he walks orderly and keeps the law -- to refute the false rumor

Survey of Acts 21:23-24, Paul and the vow

Parental authority over adult children: diminishes naturally with age; adult children make their own decisions while still honoring parents

Q from Joel Larson about how much authority a father has over adult children, and whether it differs for sons vs. daughters.

Are marriage contracts biblical? — Yes, with wisdom; keeping one's word is a biblical principle

Question from Mahit (likely from India) about whether signing a pre-marriage contract is biblical.

Does intercourse constitute marriage? — No; vows before witnesses and God define marriage

Mike reads an email asking whether sleeping with someone makes you married.

Judges 11: Jephthah's vow - the Spirit being "upon" Jephthah means military enablement, not moral/ethical guidance; the Spirit did not sanction his vow or its fulfillment.

Question about Jephthah's vow and the Spirit being upon him

Jephthah's daughter: the text is ambiguous - she may have been killed as a burnt offering or dedicated as a lifelong virgin servant at the temple; Mike slightly leans toward the literal sacrifice reading.

What happened to Jephthah's daughter?

Jephthah's vow was sinful rebellion: the law expressly forbids human sacrifice; God repeatedly states he never wanted it and judges Israel for practicing it.

Why Jephthah's fulfillment of the vow was wrong

Gift of singleness: a choice, not only a sovereign assignment

Continuing Q9 on singleness

Q9: Why did Paul permit Timothy to drink wine (1 Tim 5:23) if Timothy was under a Nazirite vow? Mike doubts Timothy was under such a vow

Viewer 'Christian Metal Head' asks about the apparent tension between Paul's instruction to drink wine and the Nazirite vow restrictions.

Drinking alcohol is not inherently sinful; drunkenness is sinful — attempts to argue 1 Tim 5:23 wine is non-alcoholic are dismissed

Mike closes the wine/vow question by addressing broader debates about alcohol in Christianity.

Couples should formalize their marriage as officially as possible rather than treating informal cohabitation as equivalent.

Question 17 from Dasha Castenko about being informally married to a fiance in another country due to COVID restrictions.

About OCD, Vows, & Fear: I’ve been struggling with OCD vows recently (such as, if I don’t say this in prayer, I’m not saved). Many places online say to let it go, and that you can’t make a vow out of fear. How can I look at this biblically?

Q&A question: About OCD, Vows, & Fear