Mid-morning. Carol just returned from her
walk on the beach as Linda called and they are discussing the events for the
day. After breakfast and the paper Carol left for the sandy shore and you had a
long bath and in checking the Internet you found this article. – Amorella
0944
hours. I am always interested in articles of this sort.
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So what colour was Jesus?
By Giles Wilson
BBC News Online Magazine
A traditional
Jesus, left, and the BBC's image
of what he might
have looked like
Jesus has been named the top black icon by the New
Nation newspaper. Their assertion that Jesus was black has raised eyebrows in
some quarters - so what colour was he?
Just
as no one will ever produce proof for the existence of God, the question of
Jesus's colour may always be a matter for personal belief.
Was
he white, white-ish, olive-skinned, swarthy, dark-skinned or black? There are
people who believe he was any one of those shades, but there seem to be only
two things about the debate that can be said with any degree of certainty.
First
- if the past 2,000 years of Western art were the judge, Jesus would be white,
handsome, probably with long hair and an ethereal glow.
Second - it can almost
certainly be said that Jesus would not have been white. His hair was also
probably cut short.
Selected and
edited from - http://newsDOTbbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3958241.stm
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You think the image on the right, the BBC
image is right on because the man looks very much like someone from the Middle
East, plus the National Geographic DNA Project appears to reinforce such an
image in your mind. – Amorella
0957
hours. Linda is coming over in an hour. I have my exercises to do.
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