According to history (or at least Biblical accounts) Jesus was native to Palestine, Middle East, yet the Northwest is constantly portraying Him as a pale-skinned, blue-eyed Caucasian, who might as well have wandered south from Finland...
shareYou probably haven't seen Risen or the 2016 version of Ben-Hur. In both of those movies, Jesus has brown eyes and hair. Those are two I can recall, without doing too much research. Besides, if you saw the John Wayne movie, The Searchers, The Indian, Scar, has blue eyes. I guess you aren't supposed to notice those things.
shareAs an agnostic I have to say that it's not important who looks like what, because no one knows for sure what's real and what isn't. There are no visual references or descriptions available of the people from that time.
You can take the entire Bible as literal as you like, or you can choose to read between the lines and find your own conclusions.
The point is that you believe what you feel is necessary for YOU.
Example 1: do you really believe that a young boy killed a giant with a rock and a sling?
Or do you believe a young man struggled with his evil inner-self and slayed him with the Stone of Wisdom?
Example 2: Do you believe Jesus literally cured the blind, the deaf and the cripple?
Or did he merely show them the way to enlightenment? (by opening their minds)
Example 3: Did he really turn water into wine at Cana?
Or did he persuade the others that a feast can still be a feast without wine?
Personally, I don't care what Jesus looked like, or if in fact he ever existed. But the messages that were attributed to his character are important enough.
I, for one, am not conviced the translations of the Bible were done correctly. There were probably literal word-for-word translations, and when they did that, the message the original writers (scribes) were trying to get across was most likely misconstrued.
Thus, the point gets lost.
Yes to all three questions.
There were probably literal word-for-word translations, and when they did that, the message the original writers (scribes) were trying to get across was most likely misconstrued.
He's not genious. Cliff Curtis plays him in one I just watched.and it doesn't mean we all think he was white..
Why is Jesus being portrayed by a blue-eyed Brit? I guess because there are not enough Jews in Hollywood to portray an actual Jew. If Hollywood would only hire more Jews.
sharehow about googling "ancient hebrew mosaics" and "ancient hebrew art" before making such blatant, tried anti-white racist statements while pretending to be profound. Ancient jews were very, very white, most had red hair and light pale skin, or is ancient hebrew art all some white supremacist conspiracy to you?
shareGood point, Ccharlie.
And as another poster pointed out, ancient Palestine ~or Judea, whatever~ during the era of Roman Empire had previously been colonised by Babylon, Assyria, Alexander's Greeks. It was multi-culti then.
Also consider Sicily, another 'crossroads' trading post in a Mediterranean location. The Corinthian Greeks conquered the island before the Muslims arrived in Sicily and ruled for 200 years. Then came the crusading Normans who overturned Muslim rulers. Plenty of swarthy, Semitic appearing Sicilians happen to have blue eyes.
Jesus may have been part of the ascetic Essene cult which had incorporated doctrines related to faith traditions other than Judaism. Which accounts for the virulent opposition from the rabbinical establishment who collaborated with Rome.
Jesus spoke Aramaic, was said to be descended from the then ancient House of king David. It's probable he and maybe some of the apostles spoke Greek. But who can say for certain he did not have blue eyes?
It doesn't really matter. Jesus is Spirit now. All things to all believers.
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