Jesus was Asian

[Audie]

The point of the article discussed in the OP is that people tend to depict Jesus closely resembling someone from they're culture. In Europe he's been traditionally depicted as European. In Ethiopia he has been depicted as Ethiopian. In the Philippines and Korea he's been depicted as Philippine or Korean. It was an article from an artistic point of view. And it has it's critics beat on a technicality. Jesus would have been from the continent of Asia, therefore Asian. It's not difficult to comprehend. I suppose for some it's impossible to accept.

If "Jesus" actually somehow exists
could somehow be seen, it would resemble
nothing you could possibly imagine.

 

[Heyo]

However, I also found this portrait of a Native American Jesus.

That's a portrait of an American Jesus. The qualifier "Native" is entirely superfluous as European Americans aren't really American - at least according to @HonestJoe. Being born on the American continent doesn't make you an American.

 

[Soandso]

If "Jesus" actually somehow exists
could somehow be seen, it would resemble
nothing you could possibly imagine.

Hehe

Ecce Homo (García Martínez and Giménez) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Augustus]

What's ignorant and lazy about it? Also, why should it be controversial?

Because it’s anachronistic and meaningless.

Jesus was from the (Eastern) Mediterranean, and would be similar to people from the Levant, Anatolia, Greece and southern Europe

To artificially split these genetically similar peoples into “European” (and thus white) and Asian ( and thus brown) is misleading and a bit racist. It just reflects imperial history, not genetic differences.

People should depict Jesus how they like be it African, East Asian, Levantine, Nordic, etc. rather than trying to score points by saying he was white, brown, Asian or whatever term serves their 21st c purposes.

Whether he was “white” or “brown” just reflects modern political agendas.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Err... He did? Maybe I missed that part in the Bible. Where does it say that again?

In the nativity myth in Mathew but not in Luke.

 

[1213]

while Christianity people have no words in first person from Jesus/Yeshua- the truthful Israelite Messiah, please, right?

I believe Bible has the actual words of Jesus. And, at least Bible has the words of Bible Jesus. Then the question is, is the Bible Jesus real and I believe he is. And I don't think you can give any good reason to believe otherwise.

 

[Muffled]

Hey hey!
I personally i have no problem believing a guy was called (after translation) Jesus, that was the son of a deity and violated the known rules of nature that's kinda hard for me.
Surely hi's grandparents may have come from the east, i would have no problem with that, i don't know why anyone would, way more likely than caucasian and blonde
Cheers!

I believe the Adamic race is a branch of the Indian race which has branches all over the world.

 

[Muffled]

I think when western folks tend to think of someone who is "Asian," they tend to think of someone who looks like this:

But the thing is that Asia is an entire continent, not a country, so it can also include a diverse range of people. This includes folks from the middle east

I believe usually hte term is oriental which simply means eastern.

 

[Altfish]

Jesus was Asian ... yes, and The Pope is a Catholic.​

 

[Muffled]

My thoughts; Jesus was Jewish.

Judah married a Canaanite which would not have been Adamic but perhaps a branch of the Indian race.

 

[Soandso]

Judah married a Canaanite which would not have been Adamic but perhaps a branch of the Indian race.

This reminds me of an old article I read a while back. Maybe this is helpful

https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-reveals-fate-mysterious-canaanites

 

[Doc Helpful]

Jesus was Asian ... yes, and The Pope is a Catholic.​

In the United Kingdom, Arabs, Persians, Jews, Muslims and other Middle Easterners are called "Asians." So, in this sense, and in this sense only, Jesus was Asian. As regards Jorge Bergoglio, to the extent that he is Pope, he is a Catholic pope.