“A very Roman looking depiction of Our Lord.”
Depicts Jesus with short hair. Jewish law forbade men to wear their hair long. Even Paul mentioned it. By long, it meant like a woman.
The Romans had to have someone to identify Jesus. If he looked as depicted today, that would not have been necessary. Men did not wear their hair long at that time.
I saw some photos of American men before the Civil War. They all had bushy hair, so to speak, but it was cut off above the collar.
I read a long time ago that renditions of Jesus were many and varied until the shroud of Turin became better known, then they coalesced into the common rendition of today.
Agreed. Though obviously the Jewish leaders allowed men to take the Nazarite vow, which including not cutting his hair for the duration of the vow. There’s nothing to indicate that Jesus took the vow. Quite the contrary. Jesus did things like drink wine (not done during the vow). So the longest I can imagine Jesus’ hair being is as depicted in The Chosen.
The 19th century was one long bad hair day.