Three Egyptian ceremonial headdresses and five styles of Greek headdresses
Three Egyptian ceremonial headdresses and five styles of Greek headdresses. Women were often veiled in public, although this custom changed over the centuries. Thus Rebekah was unveiled when she first saw Isaac (Gn 24:65). In NT times, women usually wore veils (1 Cor 11:6). Women also wore a cloth similar to the head-scarf, but the fabric was different in quality and color from that worn by men. It was often pinned over a stiff hat and set with ornaments. If a woman was married, these and other important coins covered the front of the hat and constituted her dowry (cf. Lk 15:8–10). Women also adorned their heads with an elaborate “plaiting” of their hair, prompting Peter to warn Christian women about too much concern with external beauty (1 Pt 3:3, 4). See FASHION AND DRESS. Heal, Healing. To make sound or whole. The OT provides the proper background for a Christ ian understanding of the concept of healing. In the OT the basic point is made that God is the healer of hi...