February 19, 200917 yr Jesus had to have Middle Eastern features. That's where he was born. Many paintings of Him that are framed in churches today were made by European Renaissance artist, and they gave him an almost Nordic image. That can't be accurate, but it was probably political correct way to to it in Renaissance times. There have been ones well before that time depict him as white. It seems likely that was done to make Christianity more tolerable to Europeans (i.e., would-be converts) of the pre-Renaissance eras.
February 19, 200917 yr I understand everyone's point about the middle eastern features, but was not Jesus Jewish? And Jews at least in that area today do not resemble Arabic features, do they? It does not matter to me but asking a question to further the debate.
February 19, 200917 yr Author I understand everyone's point about the middle eastern features, but was not Jesus Jewish? And Jews at least in that area today do not resemble Arabic features, do they? It does not matter to me but asking a question to further the debate. I'm sure that an expert or native of the area would say differently, but to me, I could not tell them apart while I was there. They all looked Mediterranean to me. Of course there were some European Jews had moved to Israel for the whole Birthright movement, but not many. Edited February 19, 200917 yr by cch5432 JIMSCHUE is right
February 19, 200917 yr I understand everyone's point about the middle eastern features, but was not Jesus Jewish? And Jews at least in that area today do not resemble Arabic features, do they? It does not matter to me but asking a question to further the debate. It's not necessarily "Arabic" features, but general Mediterranean features you should be looking for.
February 19, 200917 yr I'm sure that an expert or native of the area would say differently, but to me, I could not tell them apart while I was there. They all looked Mediterranean to me. Of course there were some European Jews had moved to Israel for the whole Birthright movement, but not many. It's not necessarily "Arabic" features, but general Mediterranean features you should be looking for. Both sound reasonable to me.
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