Rupert Murdoch Defends Moses Movie Casting: “Since When Are Egyptians Not White?”

Showbiz411 ^ | November 28, 2014 | Roger Friedman

[RobbyS]

Probably a better term would be Syrian, or Levantine, or even Canaanite. Whatever. Lord knows there was a constant mixing of people in the Levant by the various conquerors. But Israelite might be most appropriate. We hear a lot about the “Lost Tribes” of Israel, meaning the Northern Kingdom, but the story of Tobit reminds us that even in the North, there was a minority who still made pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and who kept that alliance even in Exile. In any case. Mel Gibson created a fact for Christ that, it seems to me, right for a Jewish man of that time and place. One, that also belongs to the man on the Shroud.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 11/29/2014. Thanks CharlesOConnell.