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In reply to the discussion: BLM needs to reclaim Jesus [View all]

Warpy

(111,174 posts)
3. Hair like lamb's wool and feet the color of burned bronze
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 09:16 PM
Jun 2020

According to Revelations, which is where the only description exists, he was a brown skinned guy with a Jewish 'fro. It was very likely the main reason Revelations, a fantasy of the destruction of Rome and the death of Nero, was included in a book assembled to serve Empire.

That sad Scandinavian one has needed to go for a long time.

For anyone who wants to know where a lot of this stuff came from, a YouTube series called "The Dark Ages: An Age of Light," a four part series that traces Christian and Muslim art and architecture through a period when a lot of people thought nothing much was happening. It was.

ETA: First episode

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