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The beard: Part II

The characteristic manner in which the beard and hair were shaved, cut, curled or groomed identified specific people in the ancient world. Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian monuments depict the unique way various peoples treated facial hair, thereby identifying with their ethnic identity. The Shemites appeared with thick beards, with pointed beards, or with thin and groomed beards. The Libyans are shown with pointed beards; the Ethiopian (Cushites), also call Falashas are portrayed with Midian cut beards, as we wear; while most Caucasians wear no beard and have clean shaven faces, as females. The Greeks wanted to portray this, as well as the Romans, because, they were both promiscuous societies. When you see a man clean shaven, it has to do with Greek and Rome.

Excerpted from Women Of The Scriptures (bulletin) by Dr. Malachi Z. York