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Thursday, March 8, 2007
What Did Jesus Look Like?
Yes, that's The Place's very own Ralph Figueroa stepping in as the Lord's stunt double for Oxygen Church Media, who provide Christian graphics. You can see Ralph in action as Jesus on many images on their site.
But, many, if not most of us have wondered what Jesus looked like. Here's a traditional depiction of Jesus in Ethiopian Christian art:
There a whole entry in Wikipedia speculating on the physical appearance of Jesus. In it, some scientists have created a portrait of Jesus based on the bones that have been uncovered in the area from that time period:
Does it really matter? If it does, how and why?
Labels: Jesus appearance race
posted by The Place @ 3/08/2007 09:38:00 AM
