What did jesus look like??, page 18
reply posted on 22-11-2005 @ 02:11 AM by amithyzt
yep...
read the entire thing, at least until i started skimming the last two or three pages
but i'd already gone beyond by then- and wanted to tear my hair out and remind myself
to NEVER do such a thing EVER again!! so much bickering!
such a shame to ask for answers and then fight off anyone attempting to provide them!
even so, i thought i should at least contribute something
after bothering to read most of that... ahem... RUBBISH!
(i won't point to the bilge, i believe we can all step over that and actually address the topic?)
someone at the following site has done an excellent and fine job of compiling as many early documents containing descriptions of Jesus that are to be found. remember that these are in fact descriptions written by other men- and since it seemed to me a good 15 pages of this thread dedicated itself to describing 'burnt bronze' and every shade from one end of the spectrum to the other (and with very creative color descriptions for the same hues)... lest anyone throw crayons at one another and call CRAYOLA the anti-christ
, the link is only provided for those who were genuinely interested in
what others of that time period thought of his appearance, and may explain where the 'stereo-typical' Jesus depictions originated.
Physical Descriptions of Christ
Isaiah 53 is generally accepted as prophecy concerning Christ, and points out:
and for quick and easy reference, the description suggests that Jesus will NOT appear:
2Cr 10:7 (KJV) "Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?
If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again,
that, as he [is] Christ's, even so [are] we Christ's."
i think most of the folk that tried desperately to point out that it was the message that mattered, not the vessel nor the form taken by that individual, were dead on....
and NOW i'll tip mah hat, bid ya'll g'day, and scoot back over to ATS and BTS!!!!!!!!
~am
read the entire thing, at least until i started skimming the last two or three pages
but i'd already gone beyond by then- and wanted to tear my hair out and remind myself
to NEVER do such a thing EVER again!! so much bickering!
such a shame to ask for answers and then fight off anyone attempting to provide them!
even so, i thought i should at least contribute something
after bothering to read most of that... ahem... RUBBISH!
(i won't point to the bilge, i believe we can all step over that and actually address the topic?)
someone at the following site has done an excellent and fine job of compiling as many early documents containing descriptions of Jesus that are to be found. remember that these are in fact descriptions written by other men- and since it seemed to me a good 15 pages of this thread dedicated itself to describing 'burnt bronze' and every shade from one end of the spectrum to the other (and with very creative color descriptions for the same hues)... lest anyone throw crayons at one another and call CRAYOLA the anti-christ
, the link is only provided for those who were genuinely interested in
what others of that time period thought of his appearance, and may explain where the 'stereo-typical' Jesus depictions originated. Physical Descriptions of Christ
Isaiah 53 is generally accepted as prophecy concerning Christ, and points out:
from Is. 53:2 (KJV):
he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him,
[there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
and for quick and easy reference, the description suggests that Jesus will NOT appear:
from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
Main Entry: come·ly
1 : pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion
2 : having a pleasing appearance : not homely or plain
synonym see BEAUTIFUL
- come·li·ness noun
2Cr 10:7 (KJV) "Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?
If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again,
that, as he [is] Christ's, even so [are] we Christ's."
i think most of the folk that tried desperately to point out that it was the message that mattered, not the vessel nor the form taken by that individual, were dead on....
and NOW i'll tip mah hat, bid ya'll g'day, and scoot back over to ATS and BTS!!!!!!!!
~am
reply posted on 22-12-2005 @ 11:34 PM by cosmokatt7
...Now. I find it interesting that there are many images of
The Black Maddona,and child (Jesus) found in Europe!
Even in Mexico, and in California, in the U.S., some of the earliest images
brought to the Americas by the Spanish colonizers showed Black
images...
Why is this...?
www.cwo.com...
www.udayton.edu...
I once asked an educator;an Italian American woman familiar with mideval
history about this. She stated thatJesus did not start to appearAnglo Saxon until around the 1600's,when basically, Europeon painters werewere commissioned to paint him as such..
This give cause to wonder...
The Black Maddona,and child (Jesus) found in Europe!
Even in Mexico, and in California, in the U.S., some of the earliest images
brought to the Americas by the Spanish colonizers showed Black
images...
Why is this...?
www.cwo.com...
www.udayton.edu...
I once asked an educator;an Italian American woman familiar with mideval
history about this. She stated thatJesus did not start to appearAnglo Saxon until around the 1600's,when basically, Europeon painters werewere commissioned to paint him as such..
This give cause to wonder...
reply posted on 27-12-2005 @ 02:50 PM by MrBunny
Originally posted by cosmokatt7
...Now. I find it interesting that there are many images of
The Black Maddona,and child (Jesus) found in Europe!
Even in Mexico, and in California, in the U.S., some of the earliest images
brought to the Americas by the Spanish colonizers showed Black
images...
Why is this...?
www.cwo.com...
www.udayton.edu...
I once asked an educator;an Italian American woman familiar with mideval
history about this. She stated thatJesus did not start to appearAnglo Saxon until around the 1600's,when basically, Europeon painters werewere commissioned to paint him as such..
This give cause to wonder...
To be more specific it was during the rein of James after the death of Elizabeth I. It was well known that James was obsessed with the idea of being a divine ruler and even commissioned Shakespeare to write many plays involving the occult.. .Macbeth being the most popular of the Jacobean plays.
James also commissioned a new translation of the bible thus the King James Bible translated early 17th century. At this time he also had many painters paint an image of Jesus befitting the King of England... when you look at the "Picture of Jesus" the blond haired blue eyes.. you are looking at a painting of James, King of England.
Just a bit of fun trivia.
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