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What did Jesus really look like?
« on: May 12, 2018, 04:44:56 pm »

What did Jesus really look like?
29 March 2018
 

A portrait on a mummy of a bearded man (161-180) from Fayyum, Egypt, encaustic on wood. “Identifying the look of Jesus in the second and early third century is complicated by the fact that most men had beards, and sometimes could even have hair to the nape of their necks” SEE GALLERY FOR MORE

SINCE the publication of my book What Did Jesus Look Like?, several people have asked me how I got interested in this topic. I was probably thinking about it ever since I was first asked to draw Jesus at Sunday school. In my children’s Bible, there were illustrations of Jesus with light-brown hair and blue eyes, but I also had a King James Bible (given by an uncle at my christening) with illustrations by E. S. Hardy.

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/29-march/features/features/what-did-jesus-really-look-like
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Re: What did Jesus really look like?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2018, 05:03:02 pm »
While a point of interest to anthropologists, this really shouldn't concern the rest of us. As this article says, the scriptures themselves mention very little concerning Christ's appearance, purposely so, other than to say he was average looking.

Each culture where Christianity is found depicts Jesus in a manner familiar to that culture, and IMO there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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Re: What did Jesus really look like?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2018, 05:04:39 pm »
Quote from: skeeter on May 12, 2018, 05:03:02 pm
While a point of interest to anthropologists, this really shouldn't concern the rest of us. As this article says, the scriptures themselves mention very little concerning Christ's appearance, purposely so, other than to say he was average looking.

Each culture where Christianity is found depicts Jesus in a manner familiar to that culture, and IMO there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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Re: What did Jesus really look like?
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2018, 06:01:25 pm »
Anyone see the article I posted a few weeks ago about the 3-D model that was made from scans of the Shroud of Turin?
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2018, 06:28:26 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on May 12, 2018, 06:01:25 pm
Anyone see the article I posted a few weeks ago about the 3-D model that was made from scans of the Shroud of Turin?

Probably, but my memory is so bad it is as if I didn't.  How about another link?
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Re: What did Jesus really look like?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2018, 06:30:10 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on May 12, 2018, 04:44:56 pm
What did Jesus really look like?


Like however he wished to look.

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