Footnote Famous 1.13 John Nelson - What did Jesus look like?
Why don't the Gospels describe what Jesus looked like?Every ancient biographer described their subject's physical appearance — except the Gospel writers.
In this interview, we explore:- Why the silence on Jesus' appearance is MORE surprising than you think- What ancient "physiognomy" reveals about how Greeks and Romans read bodies- The suffering servant problem — why early Christians struggled with an "ugly" Jesus- How clothing in the Gospels reveals Jesus' radical social message- The emperor cult and why Jesus' appearance inverts Roman power- What the transfiguration almost — but doesn't quite — tell us📖 John Nelson's Book: "Jesus' Physical Appearance" - (Amazon Affiliate Link)John's blog - Behind The Gospels
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