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Originally Posted by Praxeas
You are welcome to believe that. Im simply showing a possibility. Why would Paul use two different words to mean the same thing? Shaved bald? That does not make sense
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Just responding to this part of the post, as the remainder I didn't have issue with.
Shorn and shaven, while closely similar, are not necessarily the same thing, although they could be. Shorn refers to the removal of all the hair by whatever means it takes and shaven is the removal of hair with a razor (I'm not sure what else would be used to shave).
If Paul only said 'shaven', there is a loophole for those women who removed their hair without shaving it off. Why didn't he just use shorn? I don't know. I wasn't there.
One can have their head shorn and still have hair present, although it would be stubble. One cannot have their head shaven and still have stubble. I think that's the difference.
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