I think this is the closest to the look of the Jews back then,
the "Isrealis" there now were whitened through living thousands of years in Europe,
the ones who have never left--the middle eastern, now Muslims, are the closest to the way they looked back in the biblical days,
except much much shorter.....
what do you think?
2007-01-18 13:43:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't completely agree with you. Many Israeli Jews are actually Sephardic, not Ashkenazi. That means they lived in North Africa, Spain and the Middle East. They do appear Middle Eastern, but not exactly the same as arabs.
A lot of Ashkenazis have Middle Eastern features as well. Being Middle Eastern does not = dark skin. Many Turks, Arabs and Persians are also quite light in appearance.
What does Pakistan have to do with Jesus or Israel? It's not even in the Middle East. It's part of the Indian sub-continent.
2007-01-18 13:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by darth_maul_8065 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most likely he did look a lot like them with a few slight differences. Not many folks realize that Arabs, Jews, some of the South African peoples And those of most Indian countries are all members of the Semitic race just as most "white" folks are caucasion. Everyone in any racial group will have some features in common & some very different from one another. Depends on which sub group one belongs in.
2007-01-18 22:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by mazell41 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pakistani people are usually very beautiful. They are like Indians... but a lil fairer.
Jesus must be like Middle Eastern and of Persian. not Pakistani or anyone else.
2007-01-18 21:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by ManhattanGirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but Pakistanis are not Middle Eastern just because they're Muslim.
2007-01-18 22:10:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jews came from Israel which came from Abraham. Abraham is from Ur of the Chaldean which is in Iraq. Arabs are semites just like Jews. That would be the closest.
2007-01-18 21:47:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say yes. I'm sure that the inhabitants of any given region don't change skin color over 2000 years. Also, bible figures are always portrayed as white because it was most likely a white painter that first painted them (The Last Supper, etc.)
2007-01-18 22:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by Dan Q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely yes... They were middle easterners, what do middle easterners look like?
2007-01-18 21:46:13 · answer #7 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, Jesus pretty much looked like that, I think.
2007-01-18 21:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by Rat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe looked more like an Egyptian
2007-01-18 21:48:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were Arabs. Israel = Middle East = Arabia
2007-01-18 21:49:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋