What is long hair on men?

[enfys]

Just to throw another thing in here, didn't Roman soldiers have short hair long before Napolean came along? Hence the Ceasar cut for men?

Unless people specified the length of hair in inches in any document we have nothing historical to peg our standards to.

The point of fashion is that it changes and evolves and for many/most that's all hair is. Fashion.

[IcarusBride]

I consider past ear length to be longer-then-normal on a man. That is, it's not LONG, but it's worth noticing, and perhaps a step on the way to longer hair.

[Arriens]

Just to throw another thing in here, didn't Roman soldiers have short hair long before Napolean came along? Hence the Ceasar cut for men?

Romans cut there hair because they wanted to look civilised and groomed as opposed to the barbarians/pirates/criminals who had long hair. (The barbarians were thougd to be ungroomed because they used bearfat instead of olive oil.)

[Sunsailing]

Paul himself was a temporary Nazirite (Acts 18:18), so it is absurd for him to say that long hair, in and of itself, is a dishonor to men.

Yes it would be, but that is not what Paul was referring to. (He was referring to the way a certain group was living at the time....his point had nothing to do with the literal length of a man's hair).
To understand anything in the Bible, one must put it in the context of the local time period.

[desertgirl]

I'm mixing my Facebook and LHC! I was looking for the 'like' button! Equal opportunity hair typing!

[Hylia]

For me it is anything past shoulder.

[bte]

Hi bte!

Barbie Diamond, I consider shoulder-length hair to be medium length. Waist-length hair is long. Classic-length hair is very long.

This applies to both men and women. I am an "equal opportunity hair typer".
Ed

I agree on equal opportunity - I'm a great advocate of equality in all ways - but I think that two things are relevant. First, the perception of society as a whole, which isn't egalitarian as regards hair; and second, from my observations, I am sure that if all cutting of hair were banned (lock up the stylists - there's an idea!), fewer men than women would achieve the "very long" lengths of classic or beyond.

[Pierre]

Yes it would be, but that is not what Paul was referring to. (He was referring to the way a certain group was living at the time....his point had nothing to do with the literal length of a man's hair).
To understand anything in the Bible, one must put it in the context of the local time period.

What was the group, and how was it living?

[Venefica]

I think half long hair on men is anything below the jaw line. And long hair is anything that can make a ponytail.

[drquartz1970]

mininum of midback length for men, waist-length or longer for women