TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoFar too many people think that Jesus from the Bible was light skinned, even though he grew up in what we call the Middle East.message-squaremessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down144
arrow-up1292arrow-down1message-squareFar too many people think that Jesus from the Bible was light skinned, even though he grew up in what we call the Middle East.TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 days agoThat’s a ridiculous claim. Here’s a picture of Jesus’ baptism from Normandy, painted in 1185. Plenty of others here: https://smarthistory.org/standard-scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-in-art/ Europeans tended to paint Jesus as white because they didn’t understand there were no photos or movies or TV around, so someone in Norman France didn’t know there was an alternative possibility.
That’s a ridiculous claim.
Here’s a picture of Jesus’ baptism from Normandy, painted in 1185.
Plenty of others here: https://smarthistory.org/standard-scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-in-art/
Europeans tended to paint Jesus as white because they didn’t understand there were no photos or movies or TV around, so someone in Norman France didn’t know there was an alternative possibility.