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Dec 15, 2021 · Sometimes these depictions are quite extreme: lily-white skin, blonde hair, blue eyes. But many historians and theologians say that the real Jesus, Mary, and Joseph looked much different than the artistic depictions to come out of Europe and America would lead one to believe.
- Mary’s Marriage Is Arranged
- What Sort of Person Was Mary Hoping for?
- Joseph, Mary’s Prospective Husband
- The Marriage Contract
- What About Mary’s dowry?
- Mary’s Betrothal to Joseph
- Mary Was pregnant. What then?
- Who’s The Father of Mary’s Baby?
- Was Mary The Rape Victim of A Roman Soldier?
Now that Mary’s menstrual periods had started, serious consideration was given to the choice of a husband. It was taken for granted that she would marry. God had given the commandment to ‘be fruitful and multiply’ to Noah, and so Jews believed it was their duty to marry and produce children. Any person who had passed the age of twenty without being...
A young Galilean woman would hope for someone 1. round about her age. An old husband and a young wife spelt trouble 2. someone with enough money and goods to give her comfort and security 3. physically attractive; Jews believed a happy sex life was one of the gifts God gave to a married couple 4. someone from a reputable family; there must not be a...
Joseph was a young man, not much older than she was, and well-regarded by the people of Nazareth. We know this because Matthew’s gospel call him ‘just’ or ‘righteous’, and the Gospels don’t bandy adjectives round without good reason. His name ‘Joseph’ is one of the most popular Jewish male names of the time. Nine first names made up 44% of the male...
A marriage contract would have been worked out between the families of Mary and Joseph. In theory, this was done by the male heads of family, but in practice a good deal of the power in Jewish families lay with the women, and nothing was likely to go ahead unless they said so. In any case, an agreement was reached, and the engagement went ahead – a...
The dowry was a separate matter. This was property handed over by the girl’s family at the time of her marriage, and afterwards owned by the wife.It was her share of the family inheritance, enough to act as an income for her should she be abandoned or widowed. There were complicated laws regarding payment and ownership of the dowry. In neighboring ...
The betrothal of a young couple had to be public, witnessed by many people. Part of the ceremony in Galilee could involve the young man picking up the young woman and placing her on a donkey or on some other means of transport like a boat or a cart. At this stage, there was no sexual contact. People in the ancient world knew it was dangerous for a ...
The next thing we know, Mary was pregnant. Her normal menstrual periods stopped. This can be hidden for quite a while in the modern world. But in Mary’s time, when a whole family lived and slept in one or two rooms, the fact that a young girl’s periods had ceased was noticed immediately. A woman in 1st century Palestine, and in fact until quite rec...
First, I’m taking it for granted that there’s a real, human father for her baby. No, I’m not abandoning the ‘conceived by the Holy Spirit’ idea. But I’d like to put it on hold for the moment. We’ll get back to it later. These are the facts we know: 1. Mary was pregnant. 2. there had to be a human father. 3. she was frightened, her family embarrasse...
Another theory, quite well argued, is that the father of her baby was a Roman soldier stationed in a nearby garrison center. On the face of it, this sounds far-fetched, something you read in a sensational tabloid. But there are some facts that make the theory at least plausible: 1. Nazareth, where Mary lives, is only a few miles from Sepphoris, the...
Nov 2, 2022 · The closest that people came to identifying the look of Mother Virgin Mary was a 3D reconstruction of her face by experts from Stanford University. Scientists at Stanford University are said to have created a computerized cut-out of Jesus’ mother to find out how she might have looked.
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Jun 4, 2023 · But could they, in Rome, know the answer to the question “What did Jesus really look like?” There he was depicted as a beardless shepherd. By the fourth century, Jesus is shown with a beard, as we often see him represented today.
Dec 24, 2015 · 24 December 2015. Thinkstock. By Joan Taylor. King's College London. Everyone knows what Jesus looks like. He is the most painted figure in all of Western art, recognised everywhere as having...
Feb 20, 2019 · We know Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his ministry (Luke 3:23), but the Bible tells us virtually nothing about what he looked like―except that he didn’t stand out in any ...
Dec 22, 2021 · 1. She was an accidental virgin. The gospel of Matthew is the only one to tell us Mary was pregnant before she and Joseph had sex. She was said to be “with child from the Holy Spirit”.
