University of Portland Pilot Scholars Theology Faculty Publications and Presentations Theology 2015 Hair Michael Cameron University of Portland,
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[email protected]. Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online Ed. by Helmer, Christine / McKenzie, Steven Linn / Römer, Thomas Chr. / Schröter, Jens / Walfish, Barry Dov / Ziolkowski, Eric Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception Genocide – Hakkoz Volume 10 Editor(s): Dale C. Allison, Jr., Christine Helmer, Volker Leppin, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric J. Ziolkowski De Gruyter (Berlin, Boston) 2015 10.1515/ebr.hair Hair I Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Choon-Leong Seow Different attitudes towards human hair – including head-hair (see “Baldness”; “Headdress”; “Shaving”), facial hair (see “Beard”; “Shaving”), and body hair – are found in the HB/OT and elsewhere in the ANE. Styles varied with different cultures and changed over time. They also signified different things in different contexts, often marking a person’s status, social function, identity, and even character (Tiedemann: 1–67; Niditch). 1. Ancient Egypt Iconographical evidence with regard to hairstyles in ancient Egypt is abundant, much of which corroborated by archaeological finds of hair on mummies, locks of hair, hair extensions, wigs, hair implements, and concoctions for hair care (Fletcher 1994: 73–75; 2000: 495–501; Green: 73–76).