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Jesus Didn't Look Like That Photo

posted 5 years ago by Keelai (36157)
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European Renaissance artists represented themselves instead of historical accuracy. For instance, Italian men wore their hair long, but Jewish men in Jesus era only wore their hair short. Historians have already described the typical Jewish man in Palestine as short, dark-skinned with dark curly hair. Jesus was also a carpenter which would likely make him muscular rather than skinny.

"Jesus was about 5 foot 5 inches (1.7 meters) tall, or the average height seen in skeletal remains from males there at the time. People in Judea and Egypt tended to have brown eyes, black hair and olive-brown skin, based on surviving archaeological remains, historical texts and depictions of people seen in mummy portraits from Egypt".

[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

Supposedly he wasn’t a carpenter. It’s believed by many scholars that that assumption came from a mistranslation of his teachings that were filtered through many languages and not written down until long after his death, which is also hotly disputed.

[–] Keelai (36157) 4 years ago

That's interesting.

From wikipedia
The ancient Greek word tektōn has several meanings:
... common term for an artisan/craftsman, in particular a carpenter, wood-worker, mason, builder, teacher, or engineer.

[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

Teacher makes sense.

You’ve probably read Holy Blood Holy Grail? It’s been largely debunked as having come from some forged parchments. But a lot of it makes sense.

[–] Keelai (36157) 4 years ago

"You’ve probably read Holy Blood Holy Grail?"
Never heard of it.

"Teacher makes sense."
But, it referred to both Joseph and Jesus.

[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

There are theories that Jesus was the heir to the throne of Judea and Mary Magdalene was his wife, from a competing royal tribe and their marriage was meant to unite the two tribes and strengthen their ability to kick out the Romans. If that’s true, his father was almost assuredly, not a carpenter either. HBHG is what Dan Brown ripped off for The Da Vinci Code.

[–] Keelai (36157) 4 years ago

You're talking about the "religious Jesus". I was only referring to the "historical Jesus".

Anyway, I'm not buying that Jesus was rich and a politically connected elite since evidence we have contradicts that.

Most of the translations refer to working with wood like carpenter, wood-worker and craftsman. I think carpenter is the main translation. It shouldn't be rocket science to know for sure. How was "tektōn" used in other writings throughout ancient Greece?

[–] BourbonKing (5788) 4 years ago

Jesus probably looked like Colin Kaepernick, JewFro and all LOL!

Or perhaps like teenage Screech but with Ralph Macchiato's skin tone