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Sexual Distinction: Why Hair Length Matters

Brutal American Podcast

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Did Jesus Have Long Hair?

It is very unlikely that the Jesus hairstyle shown in religious icons has anything to do with his actual coiffer. A Roman triumphal arc from the era depicts enslaved Jews with short hair. One of the earliest images that scholars think could be Jesus, which appears on a third century chapel at Dura Eropus, in modern Syria,. Most Jewish men had shorter hair. The early Christian evangelist Paul wrote, Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him.

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