During the Christmas season, images of Jesus Christ seem to be everywhere. But a team of British forensic scientists says these depictions are grossly inaccurate.
Long Hair?
Neave’s team also consulted the New Testament to answer the question of the length of Christ’s hair.
Crucifixes, movies and thousands of paintings portray Jesus Christ with long, flowing hair. But based on his study of Jewish art from Christ’s day and certain New Testament passages, Neave says this too is in error.
Artwork from the first century shows that male Jews of the time never wore their hair long.
Additionally, in his first letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul mentions having seen Jesus Christ. Later Paul says “If a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him” (1 Corinthians 11:14). If Jesus Christ had had long hair, would Paul—who devoted his life to emulating Christ and to teaching all that Christ taught and did—say long hair on a man was a disgrace?
For Neave, this answered the question. He said Jesus would have had short hair, typical of the men of the era.
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