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Originally Posted by Tithesmeister
Brother,
My point has been made. Sorry if it was a bit vague.
We have two women in Genesis that veiled themselves. They are in the same time period. They married into the same family. One was considered to be a harlot. The other was Rebecca.
Notice though the difference in the reaction to these women wearing a veil. One has been suggested to have done so out of modesty and respect. The other was suggested to have done so as a disguise?
This is the challenge with trying to exegete this subject of the veil. Sincere people interpret it the way that they want to believe it. It is prime territory for conformational bias. Rebecca veiled out of modesty and respect. Tamar out of a need to remain anonymous.
I have my own idea. Maybe I’ll get into it. Probably not. Because I don’t see it being something that can be proven conclusively. And we seem to have plenty of hypotheticals.
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Actually there isn't a problem with "trying to exegete this subject of the veil". Paul taught women ought to be covered, and men uncovered, when praying or prophesying. Simple.
The rest is just people's attempts to not do what the apostle said to do. Interestingly, nobody had a problem with this until around the 20th century.