What Did Jesus Look Like?

Professor Joan E. Taylor (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2018
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-567-67150-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Joan E. Taylor is Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London, UK.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	19.02.2018
Zusatzinfo	77 colour illus
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 216 mm
Gewicht	762 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-567-67150-X / 056767150X
ISBN-13	978-0-567-67150-9 / 9780567671509
Zustand	Neuware