Is racism evident in many pictures of Jesus Christ, dipicting Him as a white-looking man, when He was most likely more olive skinned? ?
For hundreds of years, Jesus Christ was dipicted in movies, television specials, books, and other publications as a caucasian man, having brown hair, yet people in Israel, back in Biblical times, were more olive skinned. Is this dipiction due to cultural prejudice, or since He is the Son of The God Jevohah, which is Creator of the World, it is just understandable that He was made to appear like that? In the few assumed drawings and paintings of our Creator over the years, the artist painted Him as a human, with white hair and a beard. Perhaps that is where they got the idea to dipict Jesus' appearance as that of a white man. Please provide any links to your reply, giving a source. Thank you.
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The classic paintings of Jesus are the product of Renaissance artists.
It is not the result of racism
but rather
of the following things.
These artists
A - had noble patrons, and making the holy figures in artistic depictions appear as similar as possible to one's noble patrons was important for the artist because it pleased the patrons and so continued or increased patronage
B - had available only people of their own "skin tone" as models, and so (naturally) used them as models
C - were probably completely unaware of the skin tone of Jesus. Even we can only guess at it.
There is only one race of humans
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Skin color is no more important than hair color.
To be fair, since Jesus is entirely fictional it really doesn't matter. But yes, it's silly to depict him as caucasian when that character would not have been.
What do you mean "more likely"?
That would imply that he existed, and that is already questionable.
Jesus displayed what all future 'righteous humans' will look like when He revealed His true face on the mount of transfiguration, (Matthew 17, Mark 9).
His face shone brightly and emitted aspects of every culture and every diverse form of knowledge, which is how we will appear to each other one day after the process within us finally emerges to view, which includes a steady transformation from glory to glory in the image of Christ, (2 Corinthians 3:18).
This 'fully mature' human has no ethnic, class or gender distinctions, but expresses them all simultaneously due to the intimacy of his connection to all other members of Christ's Body.
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28).
That is why any cultural depiction of Jesus is technically 'accurate' as long as it remains true to His nature of holiness, purity of Spirit and obedience to divine Law.
The ones you mentioned in your question moved armies of both soldiers and scholars to liberate both minds and bodies, inspired mass movements, the formation of the first system of 'higher education' and even founded nations. Just because other cultures are behind them in their own distinct adoration of Christ does NOT imply that previous worship and depictions are inaccurate or not genuine and valid.
just your imagination, working overtime.......
European Christians invented a Jesus who looked like one of them.
No, he was Blue/Violet...most Avatars are...like Krishna.
The Blue/Violet-people are said to come from Sirius B.
The Great Pyramids were built
by Avatars from Sirius B, Pleiades and Orion.
I don't know if it's racist. But all the pictures are nonsense. Jesus doesn't look like any of them. Especially now, since Revelation chapter 1 near the end describes what Jesus looks like now.
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No. Artists paint what they know.