Title: 10 Common Myths About the Headcovering - Biblical Research Reports
Headings: 10 Common Myths About the Headcovering
10 Common Myths About the Headcovering
Myth #1: Only prostitutes went about with their heads uncovered and Paul did not want the Christian women associated with prostitutes.
Myth #2: The headcovering in 1 Corinthians 11 was based on cultural practices
Myth #3: The Corinthians wore the veil because it was the “oriental” (Middle East) custom.
Myth #4: The teaching of the headcovering was written (solely) to the church at Corinth.
Myth #5: Paul is the one who gave this command (rather than God)
Myth #6: Hair is the head covering – as in the New International Version (NIV) footnote
Myth #7: This passage on the headcovering is referring solely to public worship
Myth #8: Submission makes a woman inferior to men
Myth #9: A specific veiling or covering style established by the church is the only thing that truly covers the head
Myth #10: Women who wear headcoverings should not wear pants
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Content: Only prostitutes went about with their heads uncovered and Paul did not want the Christian women associated with prostitutes. This myth has been passed along because of a lack of good scholarly historical research. Ancient Greece and the time of Corinth under the Roman Empire have been lumped together. It would be similar to someone two thousand years from now saying what America was like in 2000 AD by studying life in colonial America. The ancient city of Corinth with its temple prostitute system was destroyed in 146 BC. Julius Caesar restored Corinth a hundred years later. By the time 1 Corinthians was written, 200 years after the temple prostitute system was destroyed, Corinth was a thoroughly Roman city. 1 Life in the Roman Empire, during this time in the first century AD, was in many ways more like society today than any other time in history. Women had a lot of “freedoms” that they did not have before. They were allowed to educate themselves, speak in public, and initiate a divorce.