The Real Face Of Jesus... Revisited

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Take that Jim Caviezel and Willem Dafoe.

Being raised catholic, I grew up associating a face like this with Judas rather than our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, but forensic evidences proves otherwise.

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Galloway points out that some artists pay more attention to the subtle differences in such details as the distance between the bottom of the nose and the mouth. And the most recognizable features of the face—the folds of the eyes, structure of the nose and shape of the mouth—are left to the artist. "In some cases the resemblance between the reconstruction and the actual individual can be uncanny," says Galloway. "But in others there may be more resemblance with the other work of the same artist." Despite this reservation, she reaches one conclusion that is inescapable to almost everyone who has ever seen Neave's Jesus. "This is probably a lot closer to the truth than the work of many great masters."
Advances in forensic science reveal the most famous face in history.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/scienc ... 300&src=nl
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Jesus might not have been blond haired and blue eyed but least he spoke English.

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I was just looking at the cover of volume 15 of the Anchor Bible. The jacket has a detail from an, engraving by Wilm Blake for his printing of the book of Job. Job has a clear appearance, to me of the face of an black African.

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Looks as if that little old Spanish lady got it pretty right.

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I think there is a tendency to create God in our own image.

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TPFKA@W wrote:I think there is a tendency to create God in our own image.
True — oh, so very true.

I suggest that anyone else who can't accept this fact should find and read "The Fire Balloons", a short sci-fi work contained in the Ray Bradbury anthology "The Illustrated Man".  Here's a link — "The Fire Balloons" — to an online file of the story.
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