throughout the day. The sociologist Cory Anderson stated that for those Christian women who continually wear it, the headcovering serves as a outward testimony that often allows for evangelism. A modern interpretation is that Paul's commands regarding headcovering were a cultural mandate that was only for the 1st-century Corinthian church. This view states that Paul was simply trying to create a distinction between uncovered Corinthian prostitutes and godly Corinthian Christian women, and that in the modern era, headcoverings are not necessary within a church. A recent interpretation, first formulated in 1965 by the Scandinavian theologian Abel Isaakson, purports that Paul stated that the "hair" (with some claiming "long hair") is the sole covering mentioned in the entire passage; 1 Corinthians 11:15 (NRSV) reads "but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering." This modern interpretation, however, fails to take into account that the Greek word used for covering in verse 15 (περιβόλαιον) is a completely different word than the form of the word used for veiling/covering in verses 5-7 and 13 (κατακαλύπτω), the latter of which means "to cover wholly" or "to veil". If this interpretation were used (with the word "hair" being substituted for "cover"), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) John W. Keddie illustrated that verse 6 would read "For if the women have no hair on her head, let her also be shorn", rendering the passage to be nonsensical. See also Coif Headscarf Kerchief Tichel, Orthodox Jewish headcovering Veil References Notes Citations Further reading External links Head Covering Through the Centuries - Scroll Publishing What the Early Christians Believed About The Head Covering - Scroll Publishing The Head Covering Movement | 1 Corinthians 11 For Today The Head Coverings of 1 Corinthians 11 (2005) – Rev. Paul K. Williams The Headcovering: Cultural or Counter-Cultural - Dr. Finny Kuruvilla Haman, Head Coverings, and First Corinthians 11:1-16 - Dr. Rajesh Gandhi Headcoverings in Scripture: What Does Church History Teach? by Greg Price Headcovering, 1 Corinthians 11, and Orthodoxy - Craig Truglia "…Let Her Be Veiled.": An in-depth study of 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 by Tom Shank - Torch Publications Church history and the covering by Anna Grace Wood The Scriptural Headveiling by Harold S. Martin (1978) - Anabaptist Doctrine The Woman’s Headcovering by Michael Marlowe (2008) - Bible Research Anabaptism Headcovering Headcovering