Women's Hair and 1 Timothy 2
Women’s clothing in ancient Rome was not terribly varied: respectable women worn the stolla and palla and differentiated themselves from one another with variations of color and jewelry. Adulteresses and prostitutes were most notably marked by the wearing of the toga , or at times a stolla that was made of thin and revealing Coan silk. A woman’s moral character was indicated by her choice of clothing , and prostitutes were marked by either various degrees of nudity or the willful rejection of “female” dress. [1] The myth that says “the problem in 1 Tim. 2 and 1 Pet. 3 is one of women dressing immorally, as indicated by their prostitute-like hair.” In recognizing that hair didn’t indicate that someone was immoral...but what did “ braided hair and gold or pearls” indicate? This is our topic: it’s hair. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HAIR Seeing that Roman culture provided far less variety of choice for women on the front of clothing , women mainly set themselves