Letter: Biblical beards

Friday 14 November 1997 00:02 GMT

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Biblical beards

Sir: The Rev Peter Hatton suggests that Jesus may not have had a beard (letter, 13 November). Honesty compels me to remind him of the prophetic verse concerning Jesus in Isaiah 50:6: "I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard".

NEIL JACOBSON

Wembley, Middlesex

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