Attached Link: Josephus

Here's another.  The hair is usually cut short so as not to interfere with the morning prayer phylacteries coming in contact with the front part of the head,just above the forehead.  These are centuries old traditions, that any Judean living 2000 years ago would have quite familiar with.  Who WOULDN'T have been familiar with this practice was the newly christianized Hellenized pagans, who usually were overtly anti-semetic anyway. For those who would like a non-sectarian eyewitness account of these times should read Flavius Josephus's 'The Jewish War'.

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