Joan E. Taylor

What Did Jesus Look Like? (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image adorns countless churches, icons, and paintings. He is the subject of millions of statues, sculptures, devotional objects and works of art. Everyone can conjure an image of Jesus: usually as a handsome, white man with flowing locks and pristine linen robes.

But what did Jesus really look like? Is our popular image of Jesus overly westernized and untrue to historical reality?

This question continues to fascinate. Leading Christian Origins scholar Joan E. Taylor surveys the historical evidence, and the prevalent image of Jesus in art and culture, to suggest an entirely different vision of this most famous of men.

He may even have had short hair.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567671516
• Artikelnr.: 50214418

Autorenporträt

Joan E. Taylor is the prize-winning author of Christians and the Holy Places, and a leading authority on the Jewish world of Jesus, including women within that world. She is Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Behold the
Man? The Missing Picture of Jesus' Appearance 2. The Ethnicity of
Jesus: From the Apostle Paul to the Letter of Lentulus 3. True Image: The
Legend of Veronica 4. Jesus' Self-Portrait: The Lateran Acheropita, the
Mandylion and the Turin Shroud 5 Christ Almighty: The Byzantine Cosmocrator
6. Boy Wonder-Worker: Jesus in Early Christian Art 7. Ugly or Unstable:
Suffering Servant or Polymorph 8. Beard and Basics: The Ragged Philosopher
9. Flesh and Bones: Age, Height, and Body 10. Top to Toe: Dressing Jesus
11. What Jesus Looked Like List of Image Credits Index