Why is Jesus commonly depicted as having blue eyes and fair skin? (bible, Jews)

[Driver 47]

Because man created god in his own image.

[phetaroi]

Originally Posted by Driver 47

Because man created god in his own image.

I think you got that right! (Along with Hindu gods, Greek gods, Roman gods, etc.).

[Driver 47]

Originally Posted by phetaroi

I think you got that right! (Along with Hindu gods, Greek gods, Roman gods, etc.).

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by phetaroi

I think you got that right! (Along with Hindu gods, Greek gods, Roman gods, etc.).

Indeed. Very well-stated.

[Jesus'Truth]

Originally Posted by phetaroi

Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but here is what they are talking about: https://wp.jeffreyhunter.net/films/king-of-kings/

Or this common painting often found in homes and churches:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_Christ

Thanks. That is definitely not blonde hair. Most pictures I've seen of Jesus were like a golden brown. I don't think I've seen him with blue eyes ever, maybe greenish.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by Jesus'Truth

Thanks. That is definitely not blonde hair. Most pictures I've seen of Jesus were like a golden brown. I don't think I've seen him with blue eyes ever, maybe greenish.

I think the point is that regardless of exact coloring, Jesus is often portrayed in Western culture with a white Anglo-Saxon look, which he almost definitely did not possess (even if he did have fair, skin, and eyes).

[Jesus'Truth]

Originally Posted by lair8

I wish the churches that use their money to put up billboards would show us a true middle-eastern Jesus, and not that fake whitewashed one.

Maybe you will like the way Jesus looks with white hair and blazing fire eyes.


Revelation 1:14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.

[Mightyqueen801]

The white, blond Jesus appears as a site gag in the musical, The Book of Mormon. He is not only white, he has beautiful, platinum blond hair.

[Jesus'Truth]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

I think the point is that regardless of exact coloring, Jesus is often portrayed in Western culture with a white Anglo-Saxon look, which he almost definitely did not possess (even if he did have fair, skin, and eyes).

Jews can look like any European.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by Jesus'Truth

Jews can look like any European.

Certainly. Even the most die-hard Nazi pseudoscientific racists made Jews were yellow Magen David for a reason, and probably around ~25% of (full-blooded) Ashkenazi Jews can’t be pegged as “looking Jewish.” But ~25% do “look Jewish” and can be easily spotted by other Jews and non-Jews familiar with Jewish people. The “middle 50%” can be pegged as Jewish but can just as easily pass for Greek or Italian.

But Jesus wasn’t Ashkenazi, and his alleged existence predated the ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry by almost 1,000 years.

Originally Posted by Jesus'Truth

Maybe you will like the way Jesus looks with white hair and blazing fire eyes.


Revelation 1:14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.

So he was albino? Or Emperor Palpatine?