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Is it permissible for men to have long hair? Paul apparently disagrees with the Tanakhi consensus on this matter. According to the Tanakh, long hair on men is encouraged and is part of the outward signs of the most holy oath of Nizro.
Numbers 6:5 tells us "All the days of his Neder Nizro (vow of Naziritism) there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he consecrates himself unto YHWH, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long."
כָּל-יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ, תַּעַר לֹא-יַעֲבֹר עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ: עַד-מְלֹאת הַיָּמִם אֲשֶׁר-יַזִּיר לַיהוָה, קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה--גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע, שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ.
Later in the Book of Judges chapter 13:5 we are told of the birth and vow of great suicide martyr Shimshon: "For, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazir unto Elohim from the womb; and he shall begin to save Yisrael out of the hand of the P'lishtim."
כִּי הִנָּךְ הָרָה וְיֹלַדְתְּ בֵּן, וּמוֹרָה לֹא-יַעֲלֶה עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ--כִּי-נְזִיר אֱלֹהִים יִהְיֶה הַנַּעַר, מִן-הַבָּטֶן; וְהוּא, יָחֵל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל--מִיַּד פְּלִשְׁתִּים.
1 Samuel 1:11 says of Sh'mu'el: "And she vowed a vow, and said: 'YHWH Tzabaoth, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget Your handmaid, but will give unto Your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto YHWH all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.'"
וַתִּדֹּר נֶדֶר וַתֹּאמַר, יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אִם-רָאֹה תִרְאֶה בָּעֳנִי אֲמָתֶךָ וּזְכַרְתַּנִי וְלֹא-תִשְׁכַּח אֶת-אֲמָתֶךָ, וְנָתַתָּה לַאֲמָתְךָ, זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים--וּנְתַתִּיו לַיהוָה כָּל-יְמֵי חַיָּיו, וּמוֹרָה לֹא-יַעֲלֶה עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ.
However, Paul says quite the opposite. Long hair on men is shameful in the so-called "New Testament".
1 Corinthians 11:14 "Does not even nature herself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?"
How does "Nature" teach us that? Does a male lion not have a long mane? The lion is the symbol of Kingship in Jewish tradition. The locks of a man are his Glory and a symbol of the length of his vow of Naziritism (which he argued against repeatedly). Paul was against the Biblical Nazirite oath, and thus he was against long hair on men.
Who should we believe, various accounts in the Tanakh or Paul's personal opinion? Either way, SOMEONE in the Bible is wrong. If long hair is encouraged in the N'zirim, then Paul is a liar.
Numbers 6:5 tells us "All the days of his Neder Nizro (vow of Naziritism) there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he consecrates himself unto YHWH, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long."
כָּל-יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ, תַּעַר לֹא-יַעֲבֹר עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ: עַד-מְלֹאת הַיָּמִם אֲשֶׁר-יַזִּיר לַיהוָה, קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה--גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע, שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ.
Later in the Book of Judges chapter 13:5 we are told of the birth and vow of great suicide martyr Shimshon: "For, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazir unto Elohim from the womb; and he shall begin to save Yisrael out of the hand of the P'lishtim."
כִּי הִנָּךְ הָרָה וְיֹלַדְתְּ בֵּן, וּמוֹרָה לֹא-יַעֲלֶה עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ--כִּי-נְזִיר אֱלֹהִים יִהְיֶה הַנַּעַר, מִן-הַבָּטֶן; וְהוּא, יָחֵל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל--מִיַּד פְּלִשְׁתִּים.
1 Samuel 1:11 says of Sh'mu'el: "And she vowed a vow, and said: 'YHWH Tzabaoth, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget Your handmaid, but will give unto Your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto YHWH all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.'"
וַתִּדֹּר נֶדֶר וַתֹּאמַר, יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אִם-רָאֹה תִרְאֶה בָּעֳנִי אֲמָתֶךָ וּזְכַרְתַּנִי וְלֹא-תִשְׁכַּח אֶת-אֲמָתֶךָ, וְנָתַתָּה לַאֲמָתְךָ, זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים--וּנְתַתִּיו לַיהוָה כָּל-יְמֵי חַיָּיו, וּמוֹרָה לֹא-יַעֲלֶה עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ.
However, Paul says quite the opposite. Long hair on men is shameful in the so-called "New Testament".
1 Corinthians 11:14 "Does not even nature herself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?"
How does "Nature" teach us that? Does a male lion not have a long mane? The lion is the symbol of Kingship in Jewish tradition. The locks of a man are his Glory and a symbol of the length of his vow of Naziritism (which he argued against repeatedly). Paul was against the Biblical Nazirite oath, and thus he was against long hair on men.
Who should we believe, various accounts in the Tanakh or Paul's personal opinion? Either way, SOMEONE in the Bible is wrong. If long hair is encouraged in the N'zirim, then Paul is a liar.