In a forensic pilgrimage, a scholar asks, ‘What did Jesus look like?’

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In a forensic pilgrimage, a scholar asks, ‘What did Jesus look like?’

Prof. Joan E. Taylor continues a journey she began years ago on a kibbutz in Israel, as she examines the dress, skin tone, and hair style of the Christian Messiah in her new book

By Rich Tenorio   8 September 2018, 2:57 pm 9
 

Centuries of artistic depiction have made the image of Jesus recognizable worldwide: flowing hair, long robes, regal posture. But how likely is it that a Levantine Semite from 2,000 years ago actually looked like the fair-haired-and-skinned man represented in so much Christian religious art?

Biblical scholar Joan E. Taylor paints quite a different portrait in a challenging new book, “What Did Jesus Look Like?”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-forensic-pilgrimage-a-scholar-asks-what-did-jesus-look-like/