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In 1988, an international team of scientific experts performed radiocarbon dating on snippets of the Shroud of Turin. The results showed that the famous cloth did not date back to the time of Christ’s crucifixion in the first century A.D. In fact, the cloth seemed to have been manufactured sometime between 1260 and 1390 A.D. The team concluded the Shroud was nothing more than a medieval hoax. — PBS “Secrets of the Dead - Shroud of Christ?” 2004
But rather Jesus’ appearance would have more likely resembled an early eastern Semitic man.
Assuming Jesus to be a native West Asian Galilean Semite, the study concluded in conjunction with Mark Goodacre that he would have appeared 'Middle Eastern' and his skin would have been "olive-coloured" and "swarthy".
— BBC “Son of God” 2001 docuseries
So readers should know the work being referred to is the Archko Volume. It is a 19th-century volume containing what purports to be a series of reports from Jewish and pagan sources contemporary with Jesus that relate to the biblical texts describing his life. What is especially interesting it is said that this work was subsequently shown to have been copied almost verbatim from "Ponce Pilate à Vienne," a short story by Joseph Méry published in Revue de Paris in 1837.
You can look into it more at Wikipedia
Besides secular sources we can see early church writers (Origen, Josephus) are in agreement that Jesus’ appearance was less than desirable when reading the following scriptures:
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. — Isaiah 53:2-3
Sorry folks don’t mean to party poop. Thought I I’ll just leave this here.
But rather Jesus’ appearance would have more likely resembled an early eastern Semitic man.
Other than that, bravo AI. Fascinating. 👏
These are documents from the time of Jesus written by Pontius Pilate and the Sanhedrin amongst others, Jesus is described as having golden hair and light blue eyes. https://drive.filen.io/d/d24f5d56-f2e2-49b5-9636-f19ac585b5de#xqWgmFNHN3q2vLShZBjqyUfWlbGU09yf
So readers should know the work being referred to is the Archko Volume. It is a 19th-century volume containing what purports to be a series of reports from Jewish and pagan sources contemporary with Jesus that relate to the biblical texts describing his life. What is especially interesting it is said that this work was subsequently shown to have been copied almost verbatim from "Ponce Pilate à Vienne," a short story by Joseph Méry published in Revue de Paris in 1837. You can look into it more at Wikipedia
Besides secular sources we can see early church writers (Origen, Josephus) are in agreement that Jesus’ appearance was less than desirable when reading the following scriptures:
You can read more on this exposition here.
Your depth of knowledge is refreshing and now I have additional research to add to this list.
Wikipedia? Please.... That site is a joke. Have you a more believable source?