KellyC

if the information from the link: http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/jesus.html is true, or even a tiniest part of it (Judas is Jesus' twin), what would it mean to christianity? I've denounce the worshipping of Jesus and God, but still, SHOCKED!! I am when I read the info from the link.

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Podmore

Here you go: http://popularmechanics.com/science/...us/print.phtml

thephuse

seeing where most of his life takes place, i would say he is middle eastern... that's just my opin.

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abelak

Does it really matter? If we stay arguing about what colour Jesus was then I think we're missing the point as to why he existed at all!!

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tedrlord

First, I have to say that this is an amusing post. But you are technically right about the name. Jesus' name was really Yeshua, which is the Hebrew equivalent of Jesus. It's like the difference between Peter, Piotr and Pierre. Same name, different languages.

Jonsgirl

Thank you! I was beginning to think that no one would answer this! Is there somewhere that you know of that i can find out more about that?

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Pellaz

Jesus the historical figure will never be known in complete. As a religous figure, accounts will never be homoginized. Arguments for an answer such as thephuses put forth, while logical, will still not solve the inherent problems of a hundred conflicting view points. An equal argument would be that jesus was native american in apperance, since he spent several years wandering N. America, according to some religions. The matter of race should not be important in the least when considering theological Jesus, and as for historical Jesus, well, he could of been anyone that the legend grew around.

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hobo

Then why don't people admit that he looked average, and therefore looks like the picture in the popular mechanics link? Its the most likely truth isn't it? Wouldn't Christians want to look at an accurate portrait of the messiah's face? what he looks like obviously matters because his image is everywhere. It is even some people's idea of the perfect person.

tedrlord

Find out about what, exactly? Jesus' Hebrew name? I can't remember where I had heard about it. I just like reading about religion and it's mentioned every so often.

If you're talking about general "I didn't know that" stuff about Jesus and Christianity, there are quite a few places to look. One of the most interesting traditional archives is the Catholic Encyclopedia at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/. I'm not Catholic myself, but I still find it a good read. Now that I look at it, there's an interesting essay on Jesus' name at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374x.htm. I also really like Cecil Adams' http://www.straightdope.com, which is a general repository of knowledge, but if you look around a little you can find some pretty in-depth articles about the Bible and Christianity.

If what you're looking for is more along the lines of "stuff they don't want you to know," which the poster I originally quoted seems to have been into, I'd recommend doing a google search for "Christian quabalah" and "gnosticism." They're all about unusual mythology and ideas about Christianity. Personally, I don't hold them to be at all accurate, but they're quite fascinating topics nonetheless.

I'm sure there are a lot of good books on this kind of subject too if you look around at your local bookstore, but I can't think of any off-hand.

maxero

i think the simple answer is, if its all true, youll find out when you die or when he comes around again
if its all lies, then it doesnt matter anyway

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stonecurran

well jesus was a jew and jews are what color?