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To: katana

How certain are we as to what Jewish people looked like at that time? As far as I know, he could well have been blonde with blue eyes. The Shroud of Turin suggests a strong Viking-like look (to me!).


23 posted on 07/01/2015 10:23:19 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: Stingray51

Note on red hair:

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/the-only-ancient-jewish-hair-ever-found/


24 posted on 07/01/2015 10:32:11 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Stingray51
How certain are we as to what Jewish people looked like at that time?

Facial reconstruction exists for that era. They weren't 6 ft and pale.

25 posted on 07/01/2015 10:36:23 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: Stingray51

Of course we can’t know for certain. But Roman burial paintings of the period show what Mediterranean people typically looked like and it’s pretty much the same as they are today. I just find this quasi-Nordic buff blonde Jesus with the Hollywood beard stubble a little bit jarring.


26 posted on 07/01/2015 11:07:24 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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